The clerk agreed to file charges against the first 12 men whose cases were called, saying in court that there is “sufficient evidence to establish probable cause.”

The names of several men accused of buying sex at Cambridge-area brothels were publicly disclosed for the first time Friday. Why it matters: Federal prosecutors have stated brothel clients included "elected officials,

A Cambridge magistrate criminally charged 12 of the 28 alleged customers of a high-end brothel network that operated in parts of Cambridge and Washington D.C. suburbs at a Friday morning hearing.