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Four days after ruling that court hearings for several people accused of paying for sex in a commercial sex ring would be public, Supreme Judicial Court Frank Gaziano has again halted those hearings.
Three people arrested and charged in November 2023 in connection to brothels operating in Boston and Northern Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Three people at the center of a commercial sex ring catering to prominent clientele at “sophisticated high-end brothels” in Massachusetts and Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury, the U.S. Attorney said Friday.
Activists said the women involved face the difficult challenge of “stepping out” from a violent, abusive industry that controlled their lives and the people who exploited them.
Lawyers for John Doe #1-13 objected to documents about their alleged crimes being made public and said they were "private citizens who face adverse and embarrassing collateral consequences if their name and image are published."
A single justice of the state Supreme Judicial Courtcq on Wednesday postponed the legal proceedings against men suspected of buying sex from a high-end prostitution ring and gave them until Monday to contest a recent decision that magistrate hearings in their cases will be public.