The state’s high court ruled Thursday that the initial court hearings for 28 men accused of being customers of a high-end brothel will be open to the public when they are held in Cambridge District Court. The Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling upheld a previous decision from a clerk-magistrate.

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

Massachusetts' highest court has affirmed that hearings for suspects in a high-end brothel case will be public, promoting transparency and accountability.