Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner was back inside city hall Monday, facing his colleagues and neighbors for the first time since he was publicly accused of paying for sex at a high-end brothel.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, city councilor Paul Toner issued an apology during a Monday council meeting after he was announced to be amongst over two dozen men charged with paying for sex through a Massachusetts brothel.

Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner paid for sex at a high-end multistate brothel ring at least 13 times over the course of a roughly seven-month period between January and September of 2023, according to a Cambridge police report.