Brennan says Alessi and other Read attorneys are making false accusations about the prosecution lying because he says they know this hearing is being covered by the media. The judge issues no immediate ruling, moves on to other issues.
Karen Read's case returned to court Tuesday with a harsh warning for her defense team and a long to-do list as attorneys prepare for the start of her second trial.
Judge says most potential jurors have likely heard about this case. One proposed question gives them the chance to write down what they know. The judge says that could take up a lot of space. This questionnaire already runs over three pages.
Karen Read's case returned to court Tuesday with a harsh warning for her defense team and a long to-do list as attorneys prepare for the start of her second trial.
In a statement, Proctor’s family says in part:"We are truly disappointed with the trial board’s decision as it lacks precedent, and unfairly exploits and scapegoats one of their own, a trooper with a 12-year unblemished record.”
12:59 a.m. - "Nobody knows where the * you are, you *ing pervert."
1:11 a.m. - "I'm with your *ing niece and nephew. You *ing pervert. You’re a *ing pervert."
1:18 a.m. - "John I am going home. I cannot believe ... I need to go home. You are *ing using me right now. You are *ing another girl. [Redacted] is sleeping next to me. You are a *ing loser. * yourself."
"I ***ing hate you," said Karen Read in voice messages to John O'Keefe, all of which prosecutors say she left after allegedly hitting her boyfriend and leaving him to die in the middle of a blizzard.
Karen Read is accused of murdering John O'Keefe. Her murder trial has attracted much speculation, social media sleuthing, and attention, and it will be coming...
Karen Read returns to court to ask Judge Beverly Cannone to delay her retrial with just weeks to go until its scheduled start.
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Potential Delay, Evidence At Stake At Karen Read Hearing
Karen Read returns to court to ask Judge Beverly Cannone to delay her retrial with just weeks to go until its scheduled start. Plus, prosecutors say video shows an 11, 13 and 15-year-old intentionally killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run. (3/20/25)
How is Karen Read Coming Across in New ID Docuseries?
Defendant Karen Read is at the center of a new ID docuseries less than one month before her retrial in the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe. Court TV’s Julie Grant and investigative journalist M. William Phelps break down the impact ‘A Body in the Snow’ could have on Read’s image in court.
A broken cocktail glass found near John O’Keefe’s body became a key piece of evidence—but what does it really prove? Competing theories could change everything.Watch A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read on ID and streaming on Max.
Karen Read wants to tell her side of the story—but will taking the stand help her case or hurt it? Watch A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read on ID and streaming on Max.
The house was full of people that night, yet no one inside remembers seeing John O’Keefe walk in. A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read continues tonight on ID and steaming on Max.
The real story: Juror (1st trial) dismissed because of being unable to directly answer Judge Cannone’s question about the case (see X post) while at ALH, juror answered being drunk and unable to recall. @KristinaRex
In a long written decision, Judge Cannone denied Karen Read's motion to dismiss. She also included a transcript with a dismissed juror that shows the conversation before the juror's dismissal on the day of closing arguments last June. See here.
He cited media interviews and a five-part docuseries called “A body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read" in which Read says, “And then when I hired David Yannetti, I asked him those questions the night of Jan, 29th. ‘Like David what if, I don't know, what if I ran his foot over, or, or, what if I clipped him in the knee and he passed out and or went to care for himself and he threw up or passed out and David said, ‘Yeah then you have some element of culpability.’ So that's how I thought about things for about three days."
The prosecution is also seeking access to Karen Read's texts, emails and communication with her attorney in the days after John O'Keefe' death.
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"And then when I hired David Yannetti, I asked him those questions the night of January 29," Read said in the documentary. "'Like David, what if I ran his foot over or clipped him in the knee and he passed out and went to care for himself and he threw up or passed out?' And David said, 'Yeah, then you have some element of culpability.'"
Prosecutors in Karen Read's case are asking the court to grant them access to communications between Karen Read and her lawyer, David Yannetti, in the days following the death of John O'Keefe.
After Lally finishes his questions, including one about an injury to O'Keefe's knee (perhaps to refute defense contention there were no injuries to lower extremities consistent with a car)
He cited media interviews and a five-part docuseries called “A body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read" in which
Read says, “And then when I hired David Yannetti, I asked him those questions the night of Jan, 29th. ‘Like David what if, I don't know, what if I ran his foot over, or, or, what if I clipped him in the knee and he passed out and or went to care for himself and he threw up or passed out and David said, ‘Yeah then you have some element of culpability.’ So that's how I thought about things for about three days."
"And then when I hired David Yannetti, I asked him those questions the night of January 29," Read said in the documentary. "'Like David, what if I ran his foot over or clipped him in the knee and he passed out and went to care for himself and he threw up or passed out?' And David said, 'Yeah, then you have some element of culpability.'"
Prosecutors in Karen Read's case are asking the court to grant them access to communications between Karen Read and her lawyer, David Yannetti, in the days following the death of John O'Keefe.
When jury selection begins in the second trial on Tuesday, April 1, Cannone said the demonstrators will also be “prohibited from using audio enhancing devices while protesting.”
There will be overlap but I think it's going to take a lot longer to get a jury in Karen Read. It will probably be at least two weeks behind Lori Vallow.
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