Commonwealth v. Read — Trial Archive
Summary
Sullivan described O’Keefe’s close role in her family and recounted the Aruba trip, including court-limited testimony about interactions involving Read.
Highlights (8)
“I asked him if he needed to take it and he said yes, she’s crazy. I’ve got to take care of this.”
Sullivan attributed this statement to O’Keefe during her account of the New Year’s Eve pool-area interaction.
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶“Karen grabbed me and she said, Hey, I’m sorry. I thought I saw something that I didn’t, and I would like to pay for some of your sister’s room.”
Sullivan described a later conversation she attributed to Read after the Aruba events.
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶“I said, what happened. I just recall, you know, kind of going into a tailspin asking a bunch of questions and she mentioned, she said, I don’t know. We were both at the same party. I didn’t go in. I went home.”
Sullivan recounted the response she said Read gave by text after O’Keefe’s death.
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶Sullivan described O’Keefe’s support after Pat Rogers’s death and his role as her son’s godfather.
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The court instructed jurors that testimony about alleged prior conduct could be considered only for the limited issues of Read’s state of mind and her relationship with O’Keefe as they might bear on motive or intent.
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶Sullivan recounted seeing O’Keefe after her sister came to the pool upset and described statements she attributed to him about Read’s calls and texts.
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶Sullivan testified that Read later apologized for believing she had seen something involving Marietta and offered to pay part of Marietta’s room.
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶Sullivan described receiving Read’s later text account after learning that O’Keefe had died.
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