The CEO of a prime wastewater remedy agency allegedly paid for intercourse at high-end brothels and the corporate has defended him, whereas reiterating a muddled promise of excellence in public remarks amid controversy.
Gradiant, a clean-water startup, offered a agency however befuddling protection for chief government Anurag Bajpayee after he was arrested throughout a prostitution sting in early 2025.
Dozens of males, Bajpayee included, have been arrested within the Boston space on misdemeanor expenses. They have been named in court docket paperwork final month, accusing all of them of paying a whole lot of {dollars} per hour for intercourse and a “girlfriend expertise” with predominantly Asian ladies being exploited by means of intercourse trafficking, the Wall Road Journal reported.
Gradiant has since asserted that it’s putting belief within the judicial course of — and its personal firm.
“We imagine within the justice system and are assured that it will resolve favorably in the end. Unrelated to this, Gradiant will proceed to pursue excellence in technological innovation and to attempt in the direction of our mission to make sure clear water for all society,” the corporate wrote in a press release to the Journal.
Bajpayee beforehand stood as a celebrated chief in water remedy know-how and was even credited in Scientific American’s annual Prime 10 World-Altering Concepts record.
Most of the different males arrested lack the obvious assist that Gradiant positioned behind Bajpayee.
Cambridge Metropolis Councilor Paul Toner, a married lawmaker, is included within the court docket paperwork and faces the identical allegations as Bajpayee.
He has acquired overwhelming calls to resign even after releasing an apology particularly addressed to his family members.
“I brought on ache for the folks I care about most. For that, I can be endlessly sorry. That is an ongoing authorized matter, and I cannot have additional remark right now,” Toner mentioned.
Different elites on the record embrace “wealthy and highly effective” clientele starting from high-level authorities contractors to professors, prosecutors mentioned. The brothel even supplied a month-to-month membership to its most frequent guests, prosecutors mentioned.
All of the accused allegedly frequented a brothel ring based mostly out of six luxurious residences in Cambridge and Watertown, Mass., and Washington, DC, suburbs.
