Karen Read Trial Day 25 Recap: Defense Witness Turns on Them, Alleges Defense Member Threatened Her!
The Trial Of Karen Read | Justice For John O'Keefe
Tony Brueski
2.2 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In a dramatic day inside the Norfolk Superior Court, the Karen Read murder trial took a turn that no one saw coming—when the defense’s own witnesses began pushing back. From allegations of witness coercion to a controversial dog bite theory, Day 25 of the trial was packed with explosive revelations and intense courtroom exchanges.
Former Canton Police Officer Kelly Dever delivered one of the most impactful testimonies of the trial so far. Dever told the jury that Karen Read’s defense team pressured her to testify to a story she knew wasn’t true—that she saw Higgins and Berkowitz alone in the garage with Read’s SUV. When she refused, she claims they threatened her with perjury. In open court, she directed the accusation directly at defense attorney Alan Jackson. This wasn’t a moment of confusion—it was a pointed, emotional standoff that put the defense’s tactics under the microscope.
Then came Jonathan Diamandis, a friend of former State Trooper Michael Proctor. He confirmed the authenticity of Proctor’s now-infamous group chat texts, which were laced with crude, insulting, and misogynistic remarks about Karen Read. But the texts didn’t say what the defense needed—they didn’t mention any planted evidence, altered reports, or a cover-up. Just hostility. Just bias. And just as easily turned against the defense’s credibility as the prosecution’s.
In the afternoon, the defense called Dr. Marie Russell, a forensic pathologist, to bolster their theory that John O’Keefe’s injuries were more consistent with a dog attack than a car crash. But her testimony lacked any physical evidence—no dog DNA, no bite mark match, and no autopsy. The prosecution wasted no time in pointing out that her conclusions were drawn from photos, not science.
This video breaks down the legal strategy, expert testimony, and ethical fallout—step by step.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Karen Reed. |
| 0:07.4 | Day 25 of the trial of Karen Reid, and we've learned one thing. If there's one thing that is for sure in this trial, it's that nothing can just be straightforward. |
| 0:24.5 | There can't just be a, here's what I saw. No, it's a false memory. Okay. I mean, those things do happen, but does it have to happen on this one right |
| 0:31.1 | here? Because it's kind of an important one. And I get the timeline lined up later and it didn't turn out to be that you could even physically be there |
| 0:40.4 | But in a case that is fraught with conspiracy theory |
| 0:45.4 | This just adds more to it |
| 0:48.6 | Is it the blue line that is being protected here right now? |
| 0:57.1 | Because I'm going to be honest, it feels a little off. |
| 1:03.2 | Now, could there be some protection going on here just to protect some people, |
| 1:07.9 | not necessarily to say that the conspiracy is all real, |
| 1:11.0 | because I just don't think that's physically possible or mentally possible with this many people and this many cluster-like people. |
| 1:21.2 | But I think the two can coexist. |
| 1:24.4 | And look, I've said it from the beginning. |
| 1:26.7 | Yeah, the investigation. A lot of screw-ups there. A lot of problems. There's been some that I've looked at and look, I've said it from the beginning. Yeah, the investigation, a lot of screw-ups there, a lot of problems. |
| 1:29.9 | There's been some that I've looked at and gone, okay, I can understand them in a different light now, under some context. |
| 1:37.0 | And there's still some that are just really weird. |
| 1:41.3 | And this one's kind of weird. |
| 1:43.3 | I'm going to be honest with you. |
| 1:49.4 | But again, two things can coexist at once. |
| 1:52.1 | There can be some kind of, you know, let's cover for people so they don't get in trouble, |
| 1:59.8 | even if they weren't doing anything, just to not bring that into this mess. |
| 2:05.4 | I could see that type of thinking. |
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