Alan Jackson and Karen Read: Yes, You Read That Correctly!

Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

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Kelly Ripa, Celebrity, Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Kellyripa, Kelly, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Legendary defense attorney, Alan Jackson, and Karen Read join Kelly for an unmissable episode. Alan talks about stepping down as Nick Reiner’s attorney, discusses his time prosecuting Phil Spector, and breaks down what he calls his favorite moment ever. Karen Read details how she first connected with Alan, reflects on her critics, and what she thinks about the Karen Read Effect. Plus the two announce their latest venture, THE READ FILES.

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0:00.0	So when you say someone is not guilty, do you always 100% believe that? Or have you ever taken a case where you're like,
0:11.8	I think this one's probably guilty, but I'm going to, I'm going to razzle dazzle it.
0:17.4	I don't like to think of it as razzle dazzleazzle. I mean, I don't, no, no.
0:21.2	The answer is no. I normally don't make pronouncements one way or the other about the guilt or innocence of my client because it doesn't matter to me. I don't really care. I care about the Constitution. I care about whether or not the government got their job right. Somebody got to cue me or do I cue myself? Chee yourself. Okay.
0:38.0	This is huge jam. Somebody got to cue me or do I cue myself? Cue yourself. Okay.
0:40.7	This is huge jam.
0:46.9	I know listeners, I say that every week, but this time I actually really mean it.
0:56.6	We are live with Let's Talk Off Camera and today's guest is the guy you want to call if you're in trouble and your life is on the line.
1:07.4	Jan, I have been, I just spoiler alert everyone, in case I ever get in trouble, I have a little private stash of funds to retain this guy.
1:09.8	This is my guy.
1:14.9	This is my guy. I'm going nowhere else. Yeah, you know him. His name is Alan Jackson. He's the elite high stakes closer who first made history by Jan. Did you know he was a
1:22.6	prosecutor? I did. I did. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was first introduced to him during the Phil
1:29.7	Spector trial. I watched him. He is amazing. He was a star prosecutor. Now he's a star defense attorney.
1:38.7	The world can't stop watching from, of course, the Karen Reed trial.
1:48.0	You watched every second, every second, all three of them. Most recently he was named as the attorney for Nick Reiner, which he's just
1:56.0	stepped away, left the case.
1:58.0	Here's my big question, I want to get to him right away.
2:01.6	Yeah.
2:02.3	I just want to know the psychological pivot from prosecution to seeing that, like, can he just jump
2:13.8	back into prosecutorial mode?
2:16.9	Because, you know, during the third karen reed trial the the prosecutor
2:22.3	was a former defense attorney so i was like what what kind of like mental gymnastics have to go on
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