SJC decides men who patronize high-priced brothels should be treated like any other defendants
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously this week that so-called “show cause” hearings — in which a clerk-magistrate decides whether criminal cases against the accused will go forward — must be ...
John Does in brothel case can’t hide forever, state’s high court rules
Thursday’s unanimous ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court was a victory for judicial transparency and for the principle that ...
Hearings for suspected Massachusetts brothel customers will be public, SJC affirms
The alleged customers of the high-end brothel included politicians, corporate executives, doctors, military officers, lawyers ...
Alleged Boston sex buyers lose bid to keep names secret
A group of allegedly powerful men implicated in the Greater Boston and DC suburbs of Virginia sex-trade case lost their appeal to the state’s highest court to keep their names secret.
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Alleged brothel clients from Mass. and Virginia will be identified
Massachusetts's highest court ruled Thursday that hearings for the alleged customers of an upscale brothel network that ...
Hearings for prominent clients accused of paying for sex at Mass. brothels will be public, SJC rules
The initial court hearings for 28 “wealthy and well-connected” men accused of being customers of an interstate commercial sex ...