The judge in Karen Read's second trial ruled that the defense will not be allowed to blame Colin Albert as part of their third-party culprit defense.

Karen Read's defense may be barred from accusing others of causing John O'Keefe's death in their opening statement.

Prosecutors made the request in a motion filed Friday in Norfolk Superior Court, where opening statements in Karen Read’s retrial are slated for Tuesday.

The countdown is on to Karen Read's second murder trial, and she and her lawyers were back at Norfolk Superior Court ...

While Karen Read may raise a third-party culprit defense when her retrial begins next month, she can’t try to pin her boyfriend’s death on witness Colin Albert, Judge Beverly Cannone ruled Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court will not delay Karen Read’s second murder trial on claims of double jeopardy, setting the stage for ...

But she ruled the evidence presented by Read's team is “insufficient to support a preliminary finding that Colin Albert had the motive, intent, and opportunity to commit the crime.” ...

Karen Read’s lawyers can try to argue ‘third-party culprit defense’ involving Brian Albert, Brian Higgins: Judge Beverly Cannone rules ...

THEY SAY THEY CANNOT RULE COLIN ALBERT AS A THIRD PARTY CULPRIT, SAYING THERE IS NO EVIDENCE ALBERT WAS EVER IN THE HOUSE WHERE JOHN O’KEEFE DIED. THE JUDGE ALSO RULING THAT RETIRED FBI SPECIAL ...

The selection process is expected to take several weeks. Another difference in this trial is that Colin Albert, Brian’s nephew who claims to have left his uncle’s house before O’Keefe’s ...

They claim that he and his nephew, Colin Albert, as well as Brian Higgins, an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, got in a fight with O’Keefe during which O ...