Karen Read case: Fired investigator Michael Proctor rejects claims that he's corrupt

The former Massachusetts state trooper who was fired over his conduct in the Karen Read case called accusations that he’s corrupt and helped frame her “ridiculous,” saying in an interview that “there’s not one piece of evidence or fact to support that.”“It did not happen,” Michael Proctor told “Dateline.”
The former Massachusetts state trooper who was fired over his conduct in the Karen Read case called accusations that he’s corrupt and helped frame her “ridiculous,” saying in an interview that “there’s not one piece of evidence or fact to support that.”
“It did not happen,” Michael Proctor told “Dateline.” “I would never do something like that.”
Read was acquitted of second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter and other crimes in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. Prosecutors accused Read, 45, of drunkenly backing her Lexus SUV into O’Keefe on Jan. 29, 2022, and leaving him for dead outside the suburban home of a now-retired Boston police sergeant.
Former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor.NBC NewsThe jury convicted Read of just one charge — operating under the influence. She was sentenced to one year of probation.
Read was acquitted in the Norfolk County district attorney’s second attempt at prosecuting her. Her first trial ended with a hung jury last summer. Proctor featured prominently in those proceedings, with Read’s defense team accusing him of having led a biased and corrupt investigation.
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