Karen Read’s Drinking, Excuse Video, and the Silent Confessions She Didn’t Know She Made
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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3.3 • 908 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode of Hidden Killers, retired FBI Special Agent and Hidden Killers Daily contributor Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Tony Brueski to break down Karen Read’s latest testimony in the death of John O'Keefe. As Karen details her drinking the night of John’s death, contradictions and odd rationalizations emerge that could devastate her defense. How does her own description of the night feed into the prosecution’s case for second-degree murder? Are her explanations just sloppy storytelling—or critical clues of deeper issues? Tune in for an in-depth analysis of how the alcohol narrative might be influencing jurors and reshaping the trial’s trajectory.
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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. |
| 0:07.9 | Let's play the drinking clip. This is the long one. |
| 0:12.5 | This is from court the other day. The audio's not super wonderful, but it is what it is. |
| 0:18.9 | And let's take a look here at exactly what they, |
| 0:25.0 | Karen's own words about the night with drinking. |
| 0:27.9 | The final count of my alcohol intakes, |
| 0:33.0 | probably about five or six or four, |
| 0:36.0 | the drinks that they were poorly at McCarthy, |
| 0:40.5 | which is where I consumed most of the alcohol, |
| 0:43.9 | was the weakest vodka tonic. |
| 0:47.0 | It tasted just like all soda water with a blue line. |
| 0:51.5 | Not that I needed to be a martini, |
| 0:53.3 | but it might have got a splash of vodka in it. |
| 0:56.0 | So John, I said, John, this drink, seems like it has no vodka in it. |
| 1:00.0 | He said, just get a shot and mix it yourself. |
| 1:04.0 | So she would, so each drink was being counted as a double, so I would get a vodka tonic, |
| 1:10.0 | and then I would pour a shot into it, |
| 1:11.5 | so that comes too. |
| 1:13.8 | Frankly, it just felt like a regular, a regular cocktail. |
| 1:18.7 | It was just a really weak core, so I asked for a shot. |
| 1:24.0 | She already contradicts herself in this damn thing. |
| 1:27.3 | So it tasted like a regular cocktail. |
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