Overview
- A Plymouth Superior Court judge denied Michael Proctor’s emergency request to postpone his deposition on Monday and directed him to appear, with the parties agreeing to tentatively reschedule the testimony for June 25 or July 14.
- Proctor’s lawyers had filed a last-minute protective order saying he was unavailable for the previously scheduled deposition and cited unspecified personal circumstances in sealed filings.
- Karen Read filed a separate lawsuit last week that included thousands of texts and audio she says came from Proctor and former Canton Sgt. Sean Goode, with messages that contain racist and sexist language.
- Those disclosures intersect with the O’Keefe wrongful-death suit because Proctor was the lead investigator in the criminal probe into John O’Keefe’s death and is a designated witness in the civil case.
- The newly public messages have triggered internal investigations and a licensing review, and their release could affect witness credibility, discovery disputes, and the timing and course of related civil and oversight proceedings.