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Alleged customers at high-end brothel serving politicians, military officials unmasked in court as salacious details of encounters revealed

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A group of high-profile johns who frequented posh brothels in Massachusetts were finally named in court Friday during a hearing that laid out sordid details, including that at least one of the men paid to have unprotected sex.

Mark Zhu, 28, was one of the alleged johns to be identified during the hearing in a Cambridge, Massachusetts, courtroom where it was revealed he allegedly paid $840 for two hours of unsafe sex with a prostitute – in a service referred to as “bb,” the Daily Mail reported.

Also revealed were the identities of other alleged johns including, Kerry Wu, John J. Doran, David LaCava, Boya Zhou, Peter H. MacGillivray, Yihong Zou, Pablo Domingo Maceira, Jonathan P. Lanfear, Pinhao Chao, Patrick Walsh and radiologist Jason Han.

Jason Han, 28, is accused of buying sex at the high-end brothels. Boston Globe via Getty Images
Prosecutors produced a “menu” of services offered. Boston Globe via Getty Images
The brothel was discovered in a major federal raid. Department of Justice

The johns regularly used acronyms in text messages arranging sexual encounters with call girls, like “gfe” – or the “girlfriend experience,” Cambridge Police Lt. Jarred Cabral alleged, reading out the text messages in court.

Cabral said the men referred to payment for sex as “donations” — which would run in the hundreds of dollars. And they were polite but businesslike when arranging the dalliances, saying “pleases,” “thank yous,” and “have a great day,” Cabral said, according to a report by The Boston Globe.

In many cases, they asked for services from specific women, Cabral added.

The men were given specific instructions for the rendezvous, including going to a specific apartment complex and texting when they arrived to be buzzed inside, the lieutenant alleged.

They were told to quickly move into the apartment unit and not hang around in the hallway but if others were around, they were told to wait back by the elevator or stairwell before entering. And they were instructed never to make backroom deals with the women — or they would be blacklisted, Cabral explained.

Cash and payment cards were confiscated during the federal raid. Department of Justice
Mark Zhu, accused of paying for unprotected sex, was among the alleged clients nabbed. Boston Globe via Getty Images

In total, 12 people were expected to be named during Friday’s hearing where Clerk-Magistrate Sharon Casey found enough probable cause for charges to be filed against the men.

Another 16 men are expected to be publicly identified in hearings over the next two Fridays.

John Pensa, a lawyer for Han, 29, admitted the behavior his client is accused of is “morally wrong” but noted he had no prior criminal history. Pensa also emphasized his client was a “young healthcare hero” in his job as a radiologic technologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Han is “extremely remorseful and embarrassed,” the lawyer said.

Outside court anti-exploitation protesters shouted “Shame on you!” and “People are not products!” to lawyers and defendants as they left the building.

Many of the men didn’t come to court and were instead represented by their lawyers for the hearing.

The scandal initially made headlines in 2023 when three men who made over a million dollars running the bordellos in the Bay State and in Virginia were arrested in a separate federal case.

Han Lee, 41, of Cambridge, was alleged to be the leader of the brothels. James Lee, 68, of California, allegedly set up the meetings between customers and sex workers. Junmyung Lee, 30, was also charged in the scheme. 

The trio — who were charged with conspiracy to coerce and entice to travel to engage in illegal sexual activity — have since pleaded guilty.

In addition to the Cambridge spots, the men were accused of operating sex houses out of ritzy apartments in Watertown, Massachusetts; Fairfax, Virginia, and Tysons, Virginia. since as early as July 2020. 

The brothel ring, which operated in Massachusetts and suburban DC, required extensive documentation. Department of Justice
Protesters demonstrated outside the courthouse. Boston Globe via Getty Images

The three men — whose “record keeping was impeccable” — paid as much as $3,664 per month for the sex pads and charged customers between $350 and $600 per hour, the feds alleged.

The cathouses were advertised online under the guise of offering “nude Asian models for professional photography at upscale studios,” prosecutors said.

And the johns were rigorously vetted before they were allowed to book an appointment, including being required to provide their full names, emails, phone numbers, employer and references, the feds claimed.

The sex workers were exploited and shuttled between states for the sex ring, prosecutors claim.

At the time, the feds said that the bawdy houses were frequented by politicians, military officials, government contractors, doctors, professors and corporate execs.



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