Karen Read witness admits on stand that a key part of her testimony to grand jury wasnt true

It was all just a big misunderstanding.That was Kerry Roberts’ explanation after getting grilled by accused cop-murderer Karen Read’s defense team as to why she contradicted her grand jury testimony that is at the heart of the sensational trial playing out in Massachusetts.Roberts, a close friend of victim John O’Keefe who was with Read and Jennifer McCabe the morning they found the Boston cop dead in a snowstorm, admitted during a relentless cross-examination Wednesday that she did not hear Read ask McCabe to initiate a web search for hypothermia, according to Fox News.The now-infamous search read: “Hos long to die in cold.”The query is central to 45-year-old Read’s defense team’s contention that she is being framed by Massachusetts police for the death of her boyfriend three years ago.The bombshell admission contradicted testimony she gave to a grand jury behind closed doors in April 2022, the same grand jury that indicted Read on manslaughter and murder charges.She told the grand jury then that she heard Read ask McCabe to Google hypothermia as they prayed while paramedics retrieved O’Keefe from the snow.Under Alan Jackson’s cross-examination Wednesday, Roberts changed her tune.“You painted a very, very detailed picture in front of the grand jury, didn’t you,” Jackson asked, as he pointed to a transcript of Roberts’ grand jury testimony.“Yeah,” she said.“Except it’s not true, is it?” Jackson persisted.“I did not hear her ask that,” Roberts conceded.Roberts said she did not intentionally lie.Instead, she claimed she misunderstood the question when she appeared before the grand jury, Fox News reported.Experts say Roberts’ about-face could damage her credibility in front of the jury.Read’s trial is expected to last six to eight weeks after taking more than two weeks to seat a jury of 18, evenly split between men and women.Read’s first trial — which saw 74 witnesses take the stand over two months — ended in a h...