Michael Proctor, the Massachusetts state trooper suspended over his conduct while investigating Karen Read, will not testify in another high-profile case that he was a lead investigator on, prosecutors said.

State Police internal affairs investigators found in July that allegations that a lieutenant failed to properly supervise a trooper who sent crude and misogynistic text messages about Karen Read to coworkers was “not sustained,

Prosecutors argue that releasing the work phone history of the state police lead investigator in the Karen Read murder case could jeopardize other cases.

Embattled Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who became the subject of controversy for his role in the Karen Read murder trial, will not testify in the case of Brian Walshe, a Cohasset man accused of killing his wife and then hiding her dismembered body in 2023,

Karen Read has appealed her case to the highest court in Massachusetts in an attempt to get murder charges dismissed ahead of her retrial.