“Turtleboy” Aidan Kearney called out Steve Cote as his main suspect in the lynching of a turtle outside of his parents’ house in July, replacing his former “top suspect” of Kate Peter in the act of animal cruelty.
Kearney wrote on Twitter: “Steve Cote, who I’m quite positive was responsible for leaving the dead turtle at my parents’ house, had his bail revoked yesterday in Marlborough District Court, and will be held in the Billerica House of Corrections. Multiple turtle riders have orders on him, and he has been making threats to me and my family for quite some time. He blatantly violates the orders on Twitter and was finally held accountable yesterday. Hope he gets the very serious help he needs.”
Reporter Grant Smith Ellis reacted to Steve Cote’s bail revocation with a shot at Kearney in a twitter post of his own: “There’s something telling about #SteveCote being in jail right now over posts on this website, while Aiden #TurtleBoy Kearney, Father Mark Murphy, and others remain free.
It’s pretty clear I’ve been right about TB being protected as a federal CHSI all along.”
Ellis also updated his thoughts on Judge Beverley Cannone’s failure to render a verdict on Friday on a motion to dismiss charges against Karen Read, writing: “UPDATE; It looks like will be no ruling on #KarenRead‘s Motion to Dismiss today (as to the 9-3 guilty vote on count 2 of the #KarenReadTrial, along with the reported “agreements” by jurors on counts 1 and 3).
Read is also asking, in a highly unusual move, for jurors in the case to be brought back into a secret court hearing (closed to the press and the public), in order for the court to inquire into the juror’s deliberations (this, however, is highly unlikely to happen).
In any event, as the court docket just closed at 4:30pm with no new update (after seven days of waiting), it seems there will be at least another three days of tension before a decision is handed down on Read’s post-trial Hail Mary in the much-watched case.
My view is that, because Judge Cannone is aware that the ruling will be appealed (however she decides), she is putting an extensive amount of work into her written opinion. I believe the motion to dismiss will be denied (as agreements among jurors are not verdicts), that Read will appeal to the state appeals court and state Supreme Judicial Court, where she will also lose.
Then, Read will be re-tried in January of 2025 (where I think a 12-0 guilty vote on count 2, at the very least, is far more likely the second time around).
Read also is reported to be changing her defense stagey going forward, and she will no longer be focusing her efforts towards smearing witnesses in the case (instead, per reports, Read will attack the investigation into the evidence of Karen’s confession to hitting #johnokeefe, along with the vehicle data showing the collision occurred at 12:31am on 1/29/22, while Read was DUI’ing and after Read and O’Keefe got into an argument about Read cheating on John, in his own home, and then refusing to accept John’s request to end their relationship just days before his death).
Finally, Kate Peter release a statement on Twitter on accusations that she is running multiple sock accounts, “@cun59702 @usa24683 Lol you lunatics think every account is me. If it doesn’t say mafiamasshole with a blue checkmark next to it, it’s not me. Sorry to disappoint!”
