Michael Proctor (Courtroom Reading)
Appearances
Crime Junkie
INFAMOUS: The Death of John O'Keefe & The Trial of Karen Read
Yep, so these came from me. From all accounts, he didn't do anything wrong. She's a whack job, C-U-N-T.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Pin It On The Girl: S1-E7
Yes. Did you see anything on the front lawn at that time? No. Lights were still on? Correct. Did anything attract your attention at all? No.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
Pin It On The Girl: S1-E7
Michael Proctor was texting with his high school buddies about this supposedly secret investigation using his personal cell phone.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
The Commonwealth withheld from the grand jury clear and even more egregious conflicts of interest as they pertain to Michael Proctor. Sergeant Link was aware of this irremediable conflict the Canton Police Department had and that he should have had. with the Alberts. So what does he do? He calls in Massachusetts State Police. And who do they send but Michael Proctor?
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
And that's like jumping from the frying pan into the fire. That's the same Michael Proctor who's also years-long close family friends with the Alberts. The Proctors have called the Alberts their, quote, second family. And to that point, now we have benefit of some hindsight. And that's the federal investigation.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
We have been saying since September 16th, 2022, in lengthy motions that we filed before this court and filed with the Commonwealth, there is a conflict. You're not investigating the conflict. That conflict was never described to the grand jurors. And we've been robust at every single turn.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Newly uncovered text messages, but from the feds, revealed that on January 19th, 2022, think about that date, that's 10 days before the incident. January 19th, 2022, Michael Proctor texted his own family members discussing the specifics of having Julie Albert babysit for his toddler child. We should all let that sink in for a second.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
And there's more. On February 1st, 2022, three days after John O'Keefe was killed, there was another text message. In this one, Michael Proctor's sister texts Michael Proctor very specifically and writes the following, quote, just saw Julie and Julie said, when all this is over, she wants to give you, Michael Proctor, a thank you gift. Michael Proctor didn't respond with, that's inappropriate.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
These are witnesses. These are potential suspects. Please tell her, don't ever do that again. Don't ever suggest an exchange of gifts again. That would be inappropriate. I'm going to go write a report. I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Lally. And Mr. Lally is going to turn that information over to the defense and to the court. No, that's what he should have done.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
What he did do is he responded, get Elizabeth one, his wife. In other words, get the gift from my wife. It'll be a little less obvious. So now we have the lead investigator from Massachusetts State Police literally discussing the exchange of gifts between the Albert family on the one hand and the Proctor family on the other hand as a thank you, their words, for helping the Alberts out of a jam.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
And if you looked up quid pro quo in the dictionary, you would find this set of text messages.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
No, they never came into my home. Mr. Albert, you knew that if you admitted having a relationship with John O'Keefe and Karen Reid, you'd have a lot to answer for when Karen Reid's boyfriend ended up dead on your lawn six days later.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
On February 1st, 2022, three days after John O'Keefe was killed, there was another text message. In this one, Michael Proctor's sister texts Michael Proctor very specifically, just saw Julie, and Julie said when all this is over, she wants to give you, Michael Proctor, a thank you gift.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
He suggests, oh, well, there's just a couple of text messages. It's no big deal. We're talking about the integrity of a sitting grand jury and the presentation before that grand jury. What Mr. Lally now has in his possession, but he didn't mention now that he says, oh, well, she killed him. Let's just get on with it. She killed him.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
He's already tried and convicted her in his mind and tried to do it in this courtroom.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
Now Mr. Lally has in his possession another thing from the feds that we didn't have access to. The federal investigators hired, independent of us, hired a professional reconstructionist to look into exactly this issue, that her SUV make contact with John O'Keefe. And their conclusion, his injuries were inconsistent with the damage on the car.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
The damage on the car was inconsistent with having made contact with John O'Keefe's body. In other words, the car didn't hit him and he wasn't hit by the car. Period. Full stop.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
The information that we've been talking about today wasn't presented to the grand jury. We're talking about the integrity of a proceeding. He doesn't get to convict my client by standing up here and pounding the table and saying, oh, she did it, she hit him, so let's just all get on with it and deny this motion.
KAREN: THE RETRIAL
#FREEKARENREAD: S1-E4
We're talking about the integrity of what is the foundation of Massachusetts' judicial system. And that integrity was compromised. That integrity was impaired. And it demands that justice be done. And that justice is in the hands of this court. Dismiss this indictment. That is the only way justice will be found in this case.