The third and final scheduled listening to within the brothel “johns” possible trigger hearings has begun in Cambridge.
Over the earlier two Fridays, 23 males have been referred to as to find out if possible trigger exists for prison prices to maneuver ahead in opposition to them, though solely two truly confirmed up. Cambridge District Courtroom Clerk Justice of the Peace Sharon Casey has discovered possible trigger for every of them.
There have been initially imagined to be 28 defendants within the case, however extra defendants have since been added. There have been seven names referred to as to date this morning at Cambridge Juvenile Courtroom, which is getting used on this case as a satellite tv for pc of Cambridge District Courtroom.
This third day has been uncommon. Not solely have the defendants not proven up for courtroom, as has been the case for all however two of them on that first Friday, however neither have their attorneys. A number of the attorneys apparently despatched prior discover to Casey that neither they nor their shoppers could be displaying up.
These hearings are for the alleged intercourse consumers of the Better Boston a part of a intercourse trafficking community that additionally operated within the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
The madame of the brothel community that operated in Watertown, Cambridge and the Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. was Han “Hanna” Lee, 42, of Cambridge. She was sentenced Wednesday in federal courtroom in Boston to 4 years in jail for prices of coercing individuals to interact in prostitution and cash laundering conspiracy.
Her fellow operators and workers, Junmyung Lee, 31, of Dedham, and James Lee, 69, of Torrance, California, have additionally pleaded responsible to their roles and can face sentencing later.
It is a growing story.
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