Will Friday’s audiences at Brothel Ring expose high profile customers? What to know

In the course of three hearings that begin on Friday, a magistrate of the Secretary of the Cambridge district court will decide if there are enough evidence to charge 28 men accused of paying sex through An high -end interstate brothel ring.

The hearings of the show of the show will be held within three days of March 14, 21 and 28. In general, such hearings are held behind closed doors, but the secretary’s magistrate discovered that there was a “special public meaning” by making audiences public after the media requests.

Eighteen of the 28 men appealed the decision, but The Supreme Judicial Court was put on the side of the secretary’s magistrate. The highest court of the State found that the public interest in the case exceeded the rights of men to privacy.

The officials have not appointed any of the men, but their names will become public by virtue of the exhibition causes that are held in the open court. It is not clear how many hearings will be held every day.

In an affidavit prepared to support the charges against the three people who directed the brothel ring, men are described as “politicians, pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officials, government contractors who have security authorizations, teachers, lawyers, business executives, technology executives, scientists, accountants, retail employees and students.”

“I think there are hundreds of clients that are not yet identified that can include other professional disciplines not included in the previous list,” wrote the special agent Zachary A. Mitlitsky.

In November 2023, federal prosecutors accused three people for positions linked to the operation of the brothel ring, which operated outside the apartments in Cambridge, Watertown and the east of Virginia.

Since then, the three people: have read, Junmyung Lee and James Lee declared themselves guilty of criminal charges.

Federal prosecutors have said that they have served as leader of the brothel network, while Junmyung Lee was an employee responsible for booking appointments for buyers and bringing women to brothels. James Lee rented several apartments where the brothels operated.

Buyers found women through two online platforms: a site called Bostantopten10.com, and another called browneyesgirlsva.blog, according to federal prosecutors.

Both sites were falsely presented as ads for naked Asian models for professional photography appointments and said they did not offer sexual services.

Actually, the sites, which presented naked or semi-nudes of women along with specific information about their physical qualities, such as the height, weight and size of the breasts, were access points for buyers.

Prosecutors describe the brothel network as “high -end” due to abnormally high prices that established, between approximately $ 350 and more than $ 600 depending on specific sexual services.

“Customers are paying a premium price compared to standard rates for commercial sex offered in the area,” Mitlitsky wrote.

Interested clients had to send the verification: send a photo of the selfie or drive license, complete a survey and send credit card information. Then they were offered a “menu” that showed women working in the brothel, available sexual services and the rate per hour.

Then, customers were sent a text message to the burdles locations.

Women were often transferred among brothels, including those of Massachusetts and Virginia: the affidavit describes two men who pay for sex with the same woman in each state. The websites were updated regularly to list which women were available, and phrases such as “arriving soon” or “open” to show when new women would arrive.

Damned Lee established “house rules” for sex workers in brothelswhich included “there is no laundry after 9 pm always take into account its neighbors when the door opens and closes. Be careful when closing the door. Light television in the living room, “according to an affidavit filed in the Federal Court.

More rules included lighting the music while working, being “careful with the cigarettes”, not going out with “heavy makeup”, taking into account the use of the heater “when he works … in winter”, “there are no red lights or other colored lights at the front of the door” and “Never talk on the phone in the hall of the apartment.”

While the brothels operated, they have lived a luxurious lifestyle, according to prosecutors. She bought Vuitton, Balenciaga and Jimmy Choo from Louis, while hiding more than $ 1 million payments won through the ring.

Nor have Lee, Junmyung Lee or James Lee have been sentenced. Han Lee’s judgment is scheduled for March 19, Junmyung Lee’s judgment is scheduled for April 18 and James Lee will be sentenced on April 29.