More than two dozen men who were arrested along with a bathhouse owner in Cairo appeared in court Sunday, according to Agence France-Presse , which reported that many hid their faces, wept, and implored the court to believe in their innocence lest they and their families be destroyed. "I am innocent," AFP quoted one defendant as saying from inside of a cage where he was held for the duration of the proceedings, along with the 25 other men accused of debauchery and perversion.