Adam Lally
Appearances
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Pin It On The Girl: S1-E7
Alan Jackson made him reread all those texts all over again, multiple times. That was so uncomfortable.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Pin It On The Girl: S1-E7
So the response online has been frustration that he wasn't just immediately terminated. So he was relieved of his duties, meaning that he's still a trooper, as in he has the title of being a trooper, and he was administratively moved to a different office out of the Norfolk County Detectives Unit. But he cannot perform any of the actions of a trooper. He basically can't work right now.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Pin It On The Girl: S1-E7
Instead, he has to wait for a disciplinary hearing, at which point he could be suspended. And then there are further proceedings before he potentially gets fired. And that's because the Massachusetts State Police is a union. They work in a union and there are procedures required by their union agreement. And for all we know, he could be terminated at the end of this.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Pin It On The Girl: S1-E7
We had asked state police for comments before. We had asked the State Police Union for comments before, and they all said they were withholding comment until after trial. So it certainly seemed like if heads were going to roll, that was going to happen once the trial ended. So I think the timing upset some people and also maybe the lack of real speed and accountability.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Pin It On The Girl: S1-E7
On his direct examination, they make him read his awful text messages that don't make him look good, that don't make the investigation look good, that doesn't make the state look good. He has to read these text messages from his personal phone because clearly they're trying to get ahead of it.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
What is also clear from the federal grand jury is that this was an investigation which was initiated by the defendant and Mr. Iannetti. So to claim that he was in the dark or didn't know about this federal investigation Every bit of discovery that the federal government has from the state case was provided by Mr. Yannetti. Nothing was asked for from the Commonwealth.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Nothing was asked for from the district attorney's office, the state police. I have no idea what they have seen or what they haven't seen, how much of the file, how much of the discovery or anything else. It's all sort of been provided and colored by Mr. Yannetti. And this goes back to November of 2022.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
So to then claim that you were sandbagged or didn't know about an investigation that you initiated over a year before until late in December of 2023 is disingenuous would be about the nicest term that I can come up with for that.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
There is a significant history between this defendant, Mr. Yannetti, Mr. Jackson, and the social media blogger, Mr. Kearney, who's now been indicted for intimidation of witnesses in this case. There is a precipitous amount of phone communications, indications of... Communications between Mr. Kearney and Ms.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Reed on a signal messaging app, an encrypted app, as well as, I believe, about 189 phone calls over a span of a few months. There is also, going back to the spring of 23, direct communications between Mr. Kearney and Mr. Yannetti and Mr. Kearney and Mr. Jackson. They went out to lunch with Mr. Kearney following a court date in May of 2023.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Again, I would suggest is a large minimization of what actually has transpired here.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
What the defense is obfuscating from is the overwhelming evidence that was presented to this grand jury from a multitude of sources, 42 separate witnesses, 56 exhibits, over 1,400 pages of transcripts, which clearly demonstrate and indicate that the defendant, Karen Reed, killed John O'Keefe.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
That was a fanciful story. But again, there's actually no actual evidence of most of those things. So what counsel just went through is essentially a list of rank speculation and not actual evidence.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Specifically, John O'Keefe or Karen Reed that you saw at the bar earlier that night at any point in time on the evening of the 28th or the early morning of the 29th, did either of those people come into your home?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Council wants to say that the Commonwealth is asking the court or everybody to sort of look the other way when it comes to these things. What I would submit is that's exactly what the defendant is doing. Look the other way, defense by obfuscation. It's essentially, it's a three-card money trick, you know, card trick on the corner on the side. Look at all of this. Look at this relationship.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Look at that relationship. Conflating these relationships, sort of the distortion that I would say between what exists in social media realm and what exists in reality. That if you know someone, that automatically means that you're best friends with them, every single one of their siblings, every single person that they've ever met or socialized with.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
One social interaction transforms into a longstanding 20-year relationship. All of those things. What... The defense is obfuscating from is the overwhelming evidence that was presented to this grand jury from a multitude of sources, 42 separate witnesses, 56 exhibits, over 1,400 pages of transcripts, which clearly demonstrate and indicate that the defendant, Karen Reed, killed John O'Keefe.