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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He assesses evidence in the retrial of Karen Read as prosecutors look to obtain a conviction, jury selection in the sex trafficking case of Sean “Diddy” Combs with the mogul’s trial slated to begin, and prosecutors moving forward with murder charges against Brad Simpson while the search for his missing wife’s body continues. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know True Crime News as a podcast. Now, watch the stories come to life on Discovery Plus.
0:07.3	From eight-time Emmy winner Anna Garcia, true crime news brings real-time updates on the biggest cases,
0:13.7	ongoing investigations, and criminals still on the run.
0:18.4	Surprising human stories, bold reporting, eye-opening discoveries,
0:23.3	stream something real. Start your free trial today on Discovery Plus.
0:28.2	Plans start from 599 a month. Hello and welcome to The Sidebar, presented by True Crime News, taking you inside the
0:45.7	courtrooms of high profile and notorious cases from across the country. I'm your host, Joshua
0:50.8	Ritter. I'm a criminal defense lawyer based in Los Angeles and previously an
0:54.3	LA County prosecutor for a decade. You can find me on all social media at Joshua Ritter
0:59.5	ESQ or at Joshua Ritter.com. We are recording this on Wednesday, April 30th, 2025.
1:06.8	In this week's episode, jury selection is around the corner in the federal sex trafficking case of
1:12.3	Sean Diddy Combs. Plus, a judge gives the green light for prosecutors to pursue charges against
1:18.2	a man charged with his missing wife's murder. But first, the continuing retrial of Karen Reed
1:24.8	again facing charges in the death of her police officer boyfriend.
1:29.4	I'm flying solo today, so let's go ahead and just jump right in. First, out of dead of Massachusetts,
1:35.0	the retrial for Karen Reed is underway as prosecutors seek to gain a conviction after last year's
1:41.7	high-profile misdrial. Reed is accused of causing the death of John O'Keefe,
1:46.2	a Boston police officer who was found dead of hypothermia after suffering numerous other injuries.
1:52.2	Prosecutors allege Reed struck O'Keefe with her SUV and left him to die in the snow
1:57.2	outside the home of a mutual friend and fellow officer. Reed's defense claims that
2:02.1	O'Keefe was killed during an altercation inside the home and dragged to his final resting place
2:08.1	by people other than Karen Reed. This week, prosecutors presented testimony from Reed's friend,
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