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

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 i

The initial court hearings for 28 “wealthy and well-connected” men accused of being customers of an interstate commercial sex ring that ran high-end brothels will be open to the public, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.

These types of hearings are not typically held in open court. But there is a legitimate public concern that if the hearings were held behind closed doors, justice may not be served, the court ruled.

The alleged customers of the high-end brothel included politicians, corporate executives, doctors, military officers, lawyers, professors and scientists, officials said.