Accused high-end brothel clients seek to keep cases secret in Massachusetts…

Justices on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments Monday on whether hearings for 28 men accused of paying for sex at a brothel network with locations in Cambridge and Watertown should play out publicly.

The men are subject to a show cause hearing, in which a state clerk magistrate will consider whether they should face formal criminal charges. The hearings are typically not open to the public, according to the state.

Lawyers for the accused want a lower court’s ruling to make their clients’ hearings public overturned, saying that open hearings could harm their reputations.

Defense attorney Benjamin Urbelis argued that even..