MONTREAL â A Quebec Court judge has rescinded an order he made Wednesday to exclude the public from a trial of two men charged with forcing minors to work as escorts.
Judge Pierre Labelle ruled the Crown did not offer any evidence that such an order was warranted.
Montreal police began an investigation in January after a 17-year-old girl called her family and complained she was forced to work for a Montreal escort agency.
Investigators learned another teen also claimed to be working for the same agency.
Shortly after the investigation began, several charges were filed against Myles Tynes, 35, of Lachine, Que., and Philip Lafferty, 50, of Montreal. Both men now face 19 counts, including living off the avails of the prostitution of a person under the age of 18. That charge has a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

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