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Upthevibe

(10,264 posts) Tue Jun 9, 2026, 01:54 PM 12 hrs ago

Is anyone following the Karen Read

story?

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Is anyone following the Karen Read (Original Post) Upthevibe 12 hrs ago OP

I was following it. Is there something new? Scrivener7 11 hrs ago #1

Sort of Jilly_in_VA 11 hrs ago #2

Karen Read is now suing as Upthevibe 10 hrs ago #3

I saw a headline, but don't know anything about it. Sogo 5 hrs ago #4

Scrivener7

(60,225 posts)

1. I was following it. Is there something new?

Reply to Upthevibe (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 02:08 PM

11 hrs ago

Jilly_in_VA

(14,717 posts)

2. Sort of

Reply to Upthevibe (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 02:43 PM

11 hrs ago

I followed the trial kind of, and I know she was found not guilty and is suing the police department. Anything else? I first heard about it on one of my true crime podcasts and then followed the trial on another one. It sounded like a setup to me, but I'm not there.

Upthevibe

(10,264 posts)

3. Karen Read is now suing as

Reply to Upthevibe (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 03:15 PM

10 hrs ago

more and more information is coming out that it really was a set up.

The lead investigator, Michael Proctor, is in essence a white supremist and incredibly misogynistic. There are a multitude of texts between him and some of the other investigators.

The texts are out and they are HORRIFIC!

Sogo

(7,341 posts)

4. I saw a headline, but don't know anything about it.

Reply to Upthevibe (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 08:12 PM

5 hrs ago

Can you tell it in a nutshell?

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