What Was Karen Read Thinking When Digging Her Hole Deeper, Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott Weighs In
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 2 April 2025
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Summary
Was Karen Read seeking justice—or just someone to keep telling her she’s right?
When a Boston police officer, John O'Keefe, turns up dead and Karen Read is charged with his alleged murder, things spiral into more than just a courtroom drama. Encrypted messages, endless hours of contact with a controversial blogger (who might have a bit of a crush), and a defense that screams “cover-up” more than “clear-cut”—this case is a messy mix of emotion, obsession, and chaos.
Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski to break down the psychological whirlwind behind Read’s actions: from potentially manipulative behavior, to an almost teenage-like hunger for validation, to whether this entire saga is driven by guilt or just a need to win—at any cost. With a former juror now bizarrely on her legal team and behavior that looks more like a reality show than a murder trial, one question lingers...
Will Karen Read be convicted based on her personality instead of the evidence?
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:05.3 | Karen Reid, going to be interesting these next several months. |
| 0:11.8 | Got a dead police officer, a murder charge, and a defense that claims a full-blown cover-up. |
| 0:17.0 | But there's also something more complex at play here. |
| 0:20.6 | Karen Reid's alleged actions after the death of John O'Keefe, |
| 0:24.3 | the encrypted messages, the partnership with a blogger accused of harassment, |
| 0:29.2 | and witness intimidation and the release of autopsy photos. |
| 0:33.8 | Left a lot of people wondering, |
| 0:36.6 | is this someone that's fighting for the truth or someone |
| 0:40.6 | unraveling in real time? Today, we're looking at the emotional and psychological layers |
| 0:46.5 | behind this very public spectacle, also as known as a legal battle, and joining a psychotherapist |
| 0:53.7 | and author, |
| 0:54.9 | Chavon Scott. |
| 0:56.9 | Chavon, when we're looking at this, |
| 0:59.4 | the emotional, behavioral patterns that prosecutors have begun to outline, |
| 1:02.8 | specifically with Reed and the blogger |
| 1:05.4 | and the communications. |
| 1:08.0 | Is this someone in a desperate fight |
| 1:10.3 | for their life that's just going to do and say |
| 1:12.3 | anything that they can, you know, consequences be damned and she's innocent, or is this someone |
| 1:19.0 | that has consciousness of guilt and is going to be doing anything they can to manipulate what's |
| 1:23.9 | around them? What's your thoughts on that very broad-based question? Yeah. Well, it sure is |
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