This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski.

More bombshells in the Karen Reed murder case.

And following it, it's been entertaining, to say the least.

I was actually out on a cruise last week, and I was sitting there on my phone,

just kind of glued to the insanity that was going on.

The judge has ruled that prosecutors can use direct messages between read and controversial blogger,

Aiden Kearney at trial, messages that allegedly include autopsy photos, witness addresses,

and even grand jury material.

It's part of what prosecutors say was a covert media campaign to pressure witnesses

and control the public narrative. But is leaking case info to a blogger criminal or just bad judgment?

And when does free speech cross the line into obstruction of justice?

Joining us is former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Eric Fattis.

Eric, how big of a problem is this going to be, legally speaking, when a defendant is

allegedly caught?

I mean, she did flat out admit to talking with him

every day on the documentary, feeding sensitive information

allegedly to Kearney, who's under criminal indictment

for witness intimidation already.

Yeah, you know, a lot of moving parts here,

a lot of ongoing developments, even this close to trial, which is interesting. In looking at it, there's in and of itself, there's nothing necessarily wrong with providing case information to another person. But sometimes where it crosses the line is when we're talking about witness intimidation,

possible jury tampering, possible obstruction of justice.

And we're looking at the information that was transmitted.

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