The latest scheduled hearing also comes after Read’s attorneys filed a fresh 147-page motion to dismiss the case against their client, on the “basis of extraordinary governmental misconduct.” In the filing, the defense accuses the Commonwealth of “destroying exculpatory evidence, withholding exculpatory evidence, and interfering with the jury.”

After more than six years as WISH-TV's chief meteorologist, Ashley Brown Elliott says she was fired after questioning how the station treats Black women. The high school dropout launched her career on the subscription-based platform in 2022 after turning 18.

An attorney for Karen Read admitted she paid a nearly $24,000 bill from two experts hired by the federal government, but said it came "out of the blue."