Hearings in brothel case to be open to the media
Sharon Selfer Casey, clerk magistrate of the Cambridge District Court, made the ruling after The Boston Globe and other media outlets challenged the private hearings.
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Sharon Selfer Casey, clerk magistrate of the Cambridge District Court, made the ruling after The Boston Globe and other media outlets challenged the private hearings.
Typically held in secret, the “show cause hearings” will determine whether there's enough evidence to charge the alleged brothel customers.
A day after the a federal task force applied for criminal complaints for the 28 people, their names remained unavailable.
Last month, federal authorities made national news when they arrested three people on charges that they were running brothels out of Cambridge, Watertown, and the Washington, D.C., suburbs catering to a wealthy and well-connected clientele.
Officials are seeking charges for 28 people accused of buying sex from a brothel ring that allegedly operated in Massachusetts and Virginia.