Serialously with Annie Elise
279: I Sat Inside The Courtroom This Week, Here's Everything That Happened | Karen Read Trial Recap & Diddy's Smelly Hotel Room
23 May 2025
This week, I sat inside the courtroom for the Karen Read trial—and trust me, it was tense. In this episode, I’m breaking down everything that happened: the key witness testimony, the major inconsistencies, and the behind-the-scenes dynamics that you didn’t see on the livestream. From shifting alliances to bombshell cross-examinations, there’s a lot to unpack. Plus, I’m diving into the latest updates in the Diddy case, including new witness revelations and what they could mean for the investigation. If you’ve been following either of these cases, this is the episode you don’t want to miss. 🔎Join Our True Crime Club & Get Exclusive Content & Perks 🔎 Join The Club: https://www.patreon.com/annieelise 🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to EXTRA deep dive episodes every week on Apple! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serialously-with-annie-elise/id1519456164 Follow Annie on Socials 📸 🩷Instagram: @ _annieelise 💜TikTok: @_annieelise 🗞️ Substack: @annieelise 💙Facebook: @10tolife Shop Annie’s Closet & Must-Haves! 👗 Poshmark: https://posh.mk/Tdbki6Ae0Rb ShopMY: https://shopmy.us/annieelise Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/10tolife?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_aipsfshop_BKN1ZMCMEZHACVFQ2R75&language=en_US Disclaimer ‣ Some links may be affiliate links, they do not cost you anything, but I make a small percentage from the sale. Thank you so much for watching and supporting me. 🎙️ Follow the podcast for FREE on all podcast platforms! Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serialously-with-annie-elise/id1519456164 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6HdheEH8WeMTHoe5da34qU All Other Platforms: https://audioboom.com/channels/5100770-serialously-with-annie-elise Get Involved or Recommend the Case 💬 About Annie: https://annieelise.com/ For Business Inquiries: [email protected] . *Sources used to collect this information include various public news sites, interviews, court documents, FB groups dedicated to the case, and various news channel segments. When quoting statements made by others, they are strictly alleged until confirmed otherwise. Please remember my videos are my independent opinion and to always do your own research.
Full Episode
Hey, true crime besties. Welcome back to an all new episode of Serialistly. Hey everybody, welcome back to an all new episode of Serialistly with me, Annie Elise, fresh back from Boston and ready to break down everything that went down this week in the Karen Reid trial. I attended in person, which definitely gave me a little bit of a different vibe.
view into things because I was able to see the jury's reactions, kind of feel the vibes in the courtroom, see the energy, see the infamous fan in person up close and center. But no, so there's a lot we have to go over about what went on this week in the trial. I also want to just talk a little bit about my time there, who I met with, what some of the conversations were like, and things like that.
And then rather than split the episode, in this episode. So whether you're here for both updates, Karen Reid and Diddy, or just Diddy or just Karen, I'm going to start with all the Karen Reid updates and then we'll finish off with all of the Diddy stuff that went down, which is pretty interesting. Like Kid Cudi testified, crazy new allegations. I mean, we have a lot to go over either way.
But let's start with Karen Reid. Now, I'm going to also just say this one more time. And I'm sure you guys are probably like, give it up, Annie. We've heard this a million times. But apparently, there are still people out there who need to hear this. I don't know what happened that night at 34 Fairview Road. I don't know if Karen hit John with her car.
I don't know if somebody fought him in the basement of the house. I don't know if he just fell over wasted when he was trying to get into the house and hit his head. I don't know what happened. But what I do know is that there is, in my opinion, that at this moment in the trial, there is too much reasonable doubt to convict her. Now, I'm keeping an open mind. I'll just be honest.
And there were a couple times this week during the trial where there were some things that gave me pause and made me scratch my head and kind of wonder like, well, that doesn't really look very good for the defense. How can you explain this away? This does look pretty compelling. So I am still keeping a very open mind.
I'm not going into this with some sort of confirmation bias just because I sat with
karen's team and met with them and met with karen i'm keeping an open mind and my mind can change at any point but at this given moment i do think that there is too much reasonable doubt to convict her but as i've also said all along with that it's really it's a struggle because who wins in the end of this with that there still is no justice for john right if karen's not convicted which she only should be convicted if it is true just and believed without you know beyond a reasonable doubt
If she is not convicted, and if there are no other charges brought against anybody else, which at this point, let's be honest, it doesn't really look likely that that will be the case, in terms of other charges being filed is what I mean, then where's the justice for John? Where's the justice for his family? Being there in person, too, seeing his family, it is emotional.
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