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Fox News
10 hours ago
- Fox News
Karen Read seen for first time since high-stakes trial, easing back into routine
FIRST ON FOX: From courtroom drama to curbside calm. Fresh off her gripping murder acquittal, Karen Read was spotted easing back into everyday life on Friday, hauling trash like any regular American. In the first images of Read since her second trial, Fox News Digital exclusively captured the 45-year-old wheeling a garbage bin outside her Boston hotel. Dressed in a white short-sleeve top, black leggings and flat black shoes, Read was seen plucking boxes from the bin and tossing them into a large dumpster. With her hair loose and blowing in the wind, Read showed little emotion as she carried out the mundane chore — and then returned to the hotel carrying her cell phone in her right hand. It came just two days after she was acquitted in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, 46. Jurors found Read not guilty of second-degree murder, the top charge, but guilty of a lesser offense of operating a vehicle under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of .08% or greater. The trial saw more than 30 days of testimony and four days of deliberation. Read was also found not guilty of drunken driving manslaughter and fleeing the scene of a deadly accident. Her first trial on the same charges ended without a verdict last year when jurors deadlocked. Cheers from her supporters, who had been waiting for an update across the street from the courthouse, could be heard inside the courtroom. For Read's second trial, the commonwealth appointed a special prosecutor, high-powered defense attorney Hank Brennan, and Read added New York defense attorney Robert Alessi to a team that included Los Angeles' Alan Jackson and Boston's David Yannetti. O'Keefe's body was discovered face-up in the snow outside the Canton, Massachusetts, home of Brian Albert, a fellow officer, on Jan. 29, 2022. PHOTOS: Swipe to see more images His body was bruised and unresponsive with head trauma and signs of hypothermia. The defense argued O'Keefe was attacked inside the house, and his death was potentially covered up by law enforcement people inside the party. The prosecution argued that Read intentionally or recklessly struck O'Keefe with her SUV and left him for dead outside in a snowstorm and then tried to cover it up. Jack Lu, a retired Massachusetts judge and Boston College law professor, called the outcome "a stunning victory for the defense" that he said would also help Read in a civil lawsuit against her from O'Keefe's family. The investigation of Read's case led to investigations into the investigators, an audit of the Canton Police Department and the firing of a state police homicide detective.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Renee Rapp on Tory Lanez Getting Stabbed 14 Times in Prison: 'I Feel Like a lot of People Get Stabbed'
Renee Rapp is not only delivering vocals. She's delivering courtroom defense, street justice, and crazy good energy in her new interview with Ziwe, and the Internet can't quit laughing. In a sidesplittingly insane and utterly brash moment, the Mean Girls actress took both guns out in defense of Megan Thee Stallion, threw Tory Lanez into the trash can of obscurity, and lit it up for good measure. When one of her friends asked her regarding reports that Tory Lanez had been stabbed in prison, Rapp didn't flinch. I feel like a lot of people get stabbed,' she shrugged, eyes deadpan. 'And like… that's okay.' Oh, but hold up, sis. The Grammy-nominated rapper and self-described Megan Thee Stallion stan took it to a whole other level. They gave 2025 its motto with a line that's going to be chucked on T-shirts, tattooed on thighs, and sewn onto throw pillows across the internet: 'Maybe we should be doing it more. Please. Maybe we should be stabbing more.' Justice? Served. Ice cold. With a side of sarcasm. Ziwe's showbiz isn't new to satire, and the interview was a clinic in deadpan humor, rapid-fire barbs, and cutting shade. Rapp's delivery? Perfected. Her commitment? Hardscope. Tory? Hopefully, he is on his prison bed, wondering how he got served by Regina George 2.0 on a Tuesday morning. When Ziwe brought up the latest cycle of mess, an accusation that Drake allegedly posted a pardon petition for Tory Lanez (you heard it right, a pardon, as if this is some Disney villain redemption arc), Rapp didn't even try to pretend to be concerned. 'That's so tired,' she exhaled with a sigh, a gothic-out guidance counselor with sparkles in her eyes and an attitude of disdain toward plain men. Rapp then proceeds to show her love for Kendrick Lamar, 'I love Kendrick Lamar,' Rapp said. Ziwe followed it up by saying, 'They not like us.' The punchline? Rapp briefly invoked her inner white woman in distress, spinning into a pseudo-victim voice: 'That's where my white woman comes out… please.' She paused, then stopped herself with a sly smile. 'Kidding. Totally kidding. No, it's fading. It's fading.' Comedy performance art. Feminism. Armed comedy with only a pinch of felony. Twitter (sorry, X) understandably collectively lost their minds. Videos of the interview spread like wildfire, with supporters cheering on Rapp's candid truth-telling and side-eying, smirking at the double standards still present in Megan Thee Stallion's case. Megan Thee Stallion got shot in 2020 by Tory Lanez. She was trolled, dragged, and gaslit by fans, rappers, and actual Rolling Stone op-eds while publicly recovering from trauma and taking home Grammys. Tory got 10. And now, as he allegedly gets jumped in prison, celebrities are signing petitions like it's a f*cking yearbook. Enter Renee Rapp, stage left, bearing dry humor, a death stare, and positively zero patience for horseshit. It's rejuvenating. It's laugh-out-loud. It's criminally close to becoming a sin. And it's what the culture craved. Because sometimes, when the justice system can't be relied on, when the rap community falls silent, and when Champagne Papi begins penning Tory Lanez fanfiction, it takes a mean girl to speak our minds. Maybe we should be sticking more knives in. Or, at the very least, pulling clowns like this along with sharp, pointed interviews. Either way, Renee Rapp is the heroine we never knew we needed. And Megan? She's got a new ride-or-die on her side. The post Renee Rapp on Tory Lanez Getting Stabbed 14 Times in Prison: 'I Feel Like a lot of People Get Stabbed' appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More.
