Text Message Disputes Between Karen Read and John O'Keefe & Drinking Details Unveiled | Case Brief

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

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Watch the full coverage of the live stream on The Emily D Baker YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/live/GHGrjYTL384

Day 3 of the Karen Read Retrial happened on April 24, 2025. The trial is not proceeding in the order of witnesses who arrived at the scene, unlike the previous trial. Kerry Roberts' early testimony provided a timeline of events from 5:00 AM onward, which was beneficial for the jury.

Judge Cannone Ruled to bring in the video clip from yesterday that the Defense objected to. It was an ID Docuseries clip from April 13, 2024. Hank Brennan played the brief video clip to the jury where Read tells an interviewer that Peggy O'Keefe, John O'Keefe's mother, leaned over a kitchen island and said, "I think he looks like he got hit by a car. He looks like he got hit by a car." As Read quotes Peggy O'Keefe, she imitates a harsh voice.

The text message exchanges between Karen Read and John O'Keefe on Jan 28th were read to the Jury by Trooper Nicholas Guarino. Text messages indicated underlying disagreements about Facebook activity and hot water issues but were ultimately resolved and they decided to go out with their friends to the bar.

The Prosecution played video and audio clips of Karen Read's interviews regarding her drinking. She described the drinks as weak and her adding shots to them ultimately saying that she didn't have as many drinks at the Commonwealth accounted for. She also mentioned being "buzzed" and "fuzzy," and driving slow when she's been drinking. Karen admitted to driving slower when she's had a few drinks and acknowledged she shouldn't have been driving.

Stay tuned as I anticipate the upcoming testimony regarding Karen Read's blood alcohol content and its potential impact on the retrial.

RESOURCES

Text Messages - https://www.youtube.com/live/GHGrjYTL384?t=9470s

Counts 1, 2 & 3 Breakdown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRH39FlfYJI

What You Need to Know About the Retrial - https://youtu.be/89Jpa8vz1RQ

Karen Read Retrial Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKOJlfL__9F027hlETVU-vo

Karen Read Trial - 2024 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKUeCUzApgsEuQRXu5IXeTS

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0:00.0	Welcome back. It's time for a case brief, keeping you in the loop with the cases you care about most,
0:03.9	just more briefly. If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below. But for now,
0:08.6	let's get into it. It's day three of the Karen Reed retrial. It is Thursday, April 24th. And we have not
0:17.1	gotten through a ton of witnesses, but we've had some of the more important and longer
0:21.5	witnesses in the first few days. So what witnesses will be up today? I don't know. We are still on
0:27.8	the paramedic. Last trial by day three, it was very clear that Lally was going in the order of who
0:32.0	arrived on scene. That is not the order that we are seeing the Commonwealth going. Will that be a good thing for the jury?
0:39.3	I think having Carrie Roberts come in early, even with that cross-examination,
0:43.3	gave the jury at least a timeline of what happened from like 5 a.m. to discovering John O'Keefe,
0:50.3	to law enforcement showing up, to ambulances, to Karen Reed going to the hospital. I think it gave
0:54.9	them that timeline instead of watching the footage of everyone driving to 34 Fairview in the morning.
1:03.9	I think it gave the dream, the overview of what happened, or at least what her testimony is that happened.
1:11.6	I think a lot of that is corroborated.
1:13.6	Some of it is not, but a lot of that is corroborated with other testimony
1:16.6	in Karen Reed's own words.
1:18.6	So that is where we are really picking up now that we're getting into the paramedic that
1:23.6	transported Karen Reed.
1:24.6	Will we get into other fire medics?
1:26.6	Maybe not. We know it's snowing.
1:29.1	We've heard like three sentences about it. Maybe we will go to what John O'Keefe's night was like next
1:34.3	and get into the family friends. Maybe that's where we're going to get into today, but I'm just not sure.
1:41.1	So we're going to go to court. We are going to see what happens.
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