Privacy and public interest collide in legal battle over names in sex ring case

The names of alleged clients of a high-end sex ring remain unknown to the public, more than two months after authorities uncovered the ring's operations in Watertown and Cambridge, saying it catered to clients such as elected officials and military officers.

And now, there's a delay in the proceedings as the court weighs what — if any — information will be released about who some of these the alleged buyers are. WBUR and The Boston Globe have petitioned the Supreme Judicial Court requesting certain documents in the case be released, but lawyers for some of the accused as well as criminal justice officials are pushing back.

WBUR senior correspondent Deborah Becker and Marsha Kazarosian, former President of the Massachusetts Bar Association, join Radio Boston to discuss the case.