The contents of the text messages – which were notably presented to jurors under cross-examination by Massachusetts prosecutors and not Read’s defense attorneys – were publicly known, having been presented at Read’s first trial, which ended with a hung jury. But this is the first time jurors in her second trial have heard them.

Texts from detective Michael Proctor in Karen Read's murder trial raise questions about investigative bias, with implications for the prosecution's strategy.

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On the way out of court, Read’s lawyer David Yannetti said it was a “team decision” to not have Proctor take the stand.

Jonathan Diamandis, a longtime friend of Michael Proctor, read some of the fired Massachusetts State Police trooper's text messages on the stand in the Karen Read trial. Warning: There is some graphic language in the text messages.