Prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case will only be allowed to turn over communications between the defendant and activist blogger Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney, just days ahead of jury selection

Messages between Karen Read and Aidan Kearney, the blogger known as Turtleboy, were at the center of a hearing Friday.Judge Adam Sisitsky previously ruled prosecutor Hank Brennan can get access to phone records between Read and Kearney to see if they contain any reference to witness intimation.

A judge allowed prosecutors access to messages between Karen Read and the blogger Turtleboy in an order last week.

Judge Beverly J. Cannone issued a brief ruling in Norfolk Superior Court that said she’ll permit meteorologist Robert Gilman to testify “as to weather conditions” in the predawn hours of Jan. 29, 2022.

The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the judge in Karen Read's first murder trial was correct to declare a mistrial.

Karen Read’s federal appeal was denied and her state retrial can proceed with all three charges, including murder, intact.