Michael Proctor seeks deposition delay in Karen Learn wrongful loss of life go well with – NBC Boston

Michael Proctor is searching for an emergency protecting order to delay his witness deposition in a wrongful loss of life go well with filed by John O’Keefe’s household towards Karen Learn, the newest twist on this ongoing saga.

The disgraced former Massachusetts State Police trooper is scheduled to be disposed Monday by legal professionals for Learn. Nevertheless, Proctor and his attorneys stated in court docket paperwork filed Friday that the beforehand agreed upon date of June 8 is “now not workable as a consequence of a wide range of circumstances,” and that Learn won’t conform to rescheduling Proctor’s deposition.

NBC10 Boston chief authorized analyst Michael Coyne says delaying depositions is not unusual, emergencies occur in life, however the timing of that is actually questionable. The movement was filed simply at some point after a slew of extraordinarily vulgar, racist, and sexist textual content messages, recordings and different communications between Proctor and former Canton police sergeant Sean Goode had been made public.

“The timing on that is extremely suspect,” Coyne stated of Proctor’s submitting. “Witnesses will get chilly toes on the final minute, however that is no cause to postpone one thing that is scheduled and the legal professionals have put aside their time and the court docket has needed this matter to maneuver ahead far more expeditiously.”

“It is gonna be a troublesome deposition, regardless of when it is carried out,” Coyne added.

Karen Learn has filed a lawsuit towards Massachusetts State Police and the Canton Police Division, citing “a tradition of bias and corruption” that led to her being charged in connection together with her Boston police officer boyfriend’s loss of life.

The trooper, who served because the lead detective through the investigation into O’Keefe’s loss of life, was terminated in March 2025 after being suspended with out pay on the finish of Learn’s first trial. Proctor introduced final October that he was now not difficult his firing from the state police.

Learn’s first trial within the loss of life of her Boston Police officer boyfriend led to a mistrial with the jury unable to succeed in a unanimous verdict. Throughout her retrial final summer time, Learn was acquitted of all however a drunk driving cost. She has at all times maintained her innocence in O’Keefe’s loss of life and is combating the wrongful loss of life lawsuit filed by his household.

Learn has filed a civil go well with towards the state police and Canton Police Division saying there was a tradition of bias and corruption. It consists of the derogatory and racist texts allegedly despatched by Proctor and Goode. These messages had been revealed on Thursday — a day earlier than Proctor filed this emergency protecting order.

Learn and her attorneys spoke in regards to the new lawsuit in an interview Friday on NBC’s “At present” present, talking out publicly about what they name the institutional corruption that permeates the Massachusetts legislation enforcement system.

Sgt. Sean Goode of the Canton Police Division testified within the first trial towards Learn.

Plymouth Superior Court docket Choose Mark Gildea has ordered Proctor’s legal professionals to offer extra details about once they discovered of Proctor’s unavailability for deposition preparation, when Learn’s counsel was knowledgeable, and why deposition preparation couldn’t have taken place Friday or this weekend. The choose can be asking for extra particulars about Proctor’s private circumstances that made him unavailable for deposition preparation and in want of rescheduling.

Court docket data present all filings are due by 5 p.m. Sunday. Gildea scheduled a listening to to be held on Zoom at 8:45 a.m. Monday.

“To do it in such a last-minute once they simply had been in court docket the opposite day…my guess is it is gonna be addressed by the choose in a really severe, doubtlessly harsh, style,” Coyne stated.

NBC10 Boston has reached out to Proctor’s attorneys for remark however hasn’t heard again but.