Karen Read's Defense CRUMBLES: Judge Rules No Evidence of Police Conspiracy
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🗓️ 13 June 2025
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Summary
Justice moved closer for fallen Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe today as Judge Beverly Cannone demolished Karen Read's baseless conspiracy defense. In a pivotal June 12, 2025 ruling, the judge found ZERO evidence supporting Read's wild claims that Officer O'Keefe was murdered by other people and she was framed in an elaborate police cover-up.
The prosecution's case remains rock solid: Karen Read, intoxicated after drinking at multiple bars, deliberately reversed her Lexus SUV at 24 mph into her boyfriend during a violent argument, then fled the scene leaving him to die in a snowbank. The defense's desperate attempt to blame homeowner Brian Albert and ATF agent Brian Higgins was rejected by Judge Cannone, who found no evidence either man had any motive to harm Officer O'Keefe.
Defense attorney David Yannetti's last-ditch motion for directed verdict was swiftly denied, with prosecutors highlighting the defense witnesses' "conflicting testimony" and obvious "bias and advocacy." The defense's failure to call Brian Albert, Brian Higgins, or even fired investigator Michael Proctor to testify speaks volumes - they knew these witnesses would destroy their conspiracy fiction.
This video analyzes why the judge correctly limited the defense's ability to falsely accuse innocent law enforcement officers of murder. We examine the solid evidence showing Read's guilt: her intoxication, the couple's deteriorating relationship, the physical evidence of vehicular homicide, and her consciousness of guilt in fleeing the scene.
As closing arguments approach Friday morning, the prosecution stands ready to secure justice for Officer John O'Keefe. Assistant District Attorney Adam Lally and Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan will present the clear, compelling case against Karen Read, who faces second-degree murder charges and life in prison for her heinous crime.
The defense's conspiracy theory has crumbled. The evidence is overwhelming. It's time for the jury to deliver justice for a fallen hero who deserved better than being left to die by someone who claimed to love him.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Karen Reid. |
| 0:07.6 | It's a picture of this. |
| 0:09.0 | Well, we're all sitting here. |
| 0:11.2 | Judge in Massachusetts, |
| 0:13.5 | just told Karen Reid's defense team they can't actually argue their main theory about who killed John O'Keefe. |
| 0:22.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:23.9 | I think we saw it coming, though. |
| 0:25.0 | I mean, can you imagine you spend months building this whole case about how your client was framed, how the real killers are sitting right there in the courtroom gallery, and then the judge says, no, you cannot tell the jury any of that. |
| 0:40.7 | Welcome to the absolutely wild world of the Karen Reed retrial, |
| 0:44.7 | where today's proceedings gave us zero testimony but maximum drama. |
| 0:49.8 | In the comments, let me know what your thoughts are |
| 0:52.3 | on the motions that we heard about today |
| 0:55.0 | in the trial of Karen Reid. Be sure to press subscribe wherever you're listening as well. |
| 1:02.0 | Let me back up, because if you are not following this case very much or have just kind of started |
| 1:07.9 | joining this, you're missing what might be the most bonkers |
| 1:11.3 | murder trial happening in America right now. Adding quite some time, Karen Reid, a finance professor |
| 1:17.8 | from Mansfield, is accused of drunkenly backing her black Lexus SUV into her boyfriend, |
| 1:24.0 | Boston police officer John O'Keefe, and leaving him to die in a snowbank |
| 1:27.6 | outside of a Canton home in January of 2022. The prosecution says she did it in a fit of rage |
| 1:34.0 | after their relationship hit the rocks. The defense, they say O'Keefe was actually beaten to death |
| 1:39.4 | inside that house during a party, possibly attacked by a dog, and then dumped outside while Karen |
| 1:45.5 | became the perfect patsy for law enforcement cover-up. Yeah. Today was supposed to be just |
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