How many pictures are there of Katie McLaughlin and Caitlin Albert in small groups? Katie testified she had no idea who Caitlin’s father was and she “doesn’t recall” ever being in her house. Whose house is this? It’s not Fairview, but they apparently were close enough that they… pic.twitter.com/c4Ze9NJFI7
— Aidan Kearney (@DoctorTurtleboy) May 5, 2024
Unofficial propaganda minister for the Karen Read defense Aiden “Turtleboy” Kearney continued his attacks on firefighter Katie McLaughlin over the weekend, posting multiple pictures of McLaughlin with Caitlin Albert.
Fueling his fury is the fact that denial by Judge Beverly J. Cannone, another previous target of Kearney’s attacks, of a defense motion to introduce social media photos apparently taken from Caitlin Albert’s Facebook page.
Caitlin Albert is the daughter of Brian Albert, who owned the home where a gathering of friends was being held on the night of John O’Keefe’s murder. Read stands accused of backing into O’Keefe with her car after she dropped him off for the gathering, leaving him for dead in a snow drift.
The apparent strategy by the defense in the murder trial was to question McLaughlin’s truthfulness by presenting McLaughlin as a person who “grew up with” Caitlin Albert. Caitlin Albert allegedly called McLaughlin either the morning of the murder of John O’Keefe or the morning after and informing McLaughlin that she was to report that Karen Read exclaimed at the crime scene, “I hit him! I hit him! I hit him!”
In the apparent defense theory, McLaughlin then informed the other emergency service technicians that worked on the body that she had untruthfully heard Read’s exclamations and they quickly adopted her story.
The defense did not present phone records, witnesses, or any evidence of any communication between Albert and McLaughlin and largely dropped what points they were going to make after Cannone refused entry of the social media photos linking them together.
On the stand, McLaughlin denied “growing up with” Albert and described their relationship as more like “acquaintances” than true friends. She denied speaking to Albert in recent years and could provide no details on when they may have attended gatherings together.
In Canton people like Katie McLaughlin and Caitlin Albert are trained to grow up and become Kerry Roberts and Jen McCabe. They protect each other.
— Aidan Kearney (@DoctorTurtleboy) May 5, 2024
“Award Winning Journalist” Kearney stepped up his attacks on McLaughlin soon after her testimony ended. Repeatedly questioning her integrity and offering more photos of the pair posing as part of larger groups in pictures together on social media.
Kearney had previously attacked Kate Peter, Lindsey Gaetani and others in this style, impugning their characters, insulting them and generally spreading untruths in targeted campaigns designed to punish them for doing things he disagreed with.
His latest campaign has greater impact as he is echoing the third-party defense which was presented by Read’s attorneys in the media but banned in court without reputable evidence. With no restrictions on his conduct, Kearney will surely continue to impeach this witness long after the defense has moved on.
Kearney currently faces trial on multiple felony counts of witness intimidation related to his time as official leader of the “Free Karen Read” movement later this year.
Correction: Previous versions of this story referred to Caitlin Albert as Brian Albert’s niece. She is, in fact, his daughter. Our apologies for the mistake as the Albert family is indeed huge and hard to follow.
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