Massachusetts' highest court on Thursday ruled that initial court hearings for 28 men accused of being customers of a high-end brothel network that catered to wealthy and well-connected clientele, including politicians and lawyers,

Court hearings for alleged high-profile customers of a Massachusetts brothel network will be open to the public.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has overturned a 65-year-old rule that required judges to identify and give engagement rings to the wronged party in a break-up. “More than six decades ago, we recognized that an antenuptial ring generally is understood to be a conditional gift and determined that the donor may recover the ring

The names of the 28 people accused of buying sex from a high-end brothel network have not been made public. The post Hearings for alleged clients of Boston-area brothel ring will be public, SJC rules appeared first on Boston.

The show cause hearings for more than two dozen people accused of paying for sex in a high-profile brothel bust should be made public, the highest court in Massachusetts has ruled, though the paperwork concerning the cases will remain out of the public eye before then.