The Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the initial hearings will be public for men accused of patronizing high end brothels in Cambridge and Watertown. 

The ruling supports a previous decision by a court magistrate to open the hearings to the public. 

The accused men are reportedly prominent individuals that include elected government officials and contractors, along with military officers. 

Two of the three men accused of running the brothels have entered guilty pleas, and the third man is expected to plead guilty next month.