‘There were a lot of holes’: First juror in Karen Read’s retrial speaks out

IN CANTON, WHERE IT ALL STARTED. DAVID. ERIKA. GOOD EVENING. WHEN I SAW THIS INTERVIEW, I RECOGNIZED THIS PARTICULAR JUROR. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE DURING THE TRIAL WHO SOMETIMES WORE SHORTS. HE SOMETIMES APPEARED TO BE DOODLING IN HIS NOTEBOOK DURING TESTIMONY. NOW HE’S THE FIRST TO SPEAK OUT. I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I THINK THAT SHE WAS INNOCENT. JUROR NUMBER FOUR IS IDENTIFIED ONLY AS JASON IN THIS INTERVIEW AIRING TODAY ON TMZ LIVE. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT THAT SUV COLLIDED WITH JOHN O’KEEFE. THE JUROR SAYS HE CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION AFTER SEEING VIDEOS OF REIDS SUV ON THE MORNING AFTER JOHN O’KEEFE’S DEATH. HE SAID THE TAILLIGHT DID NOT APPEAR DAMAGED, SO THAT LEAVES ME A CONCLUSION OF, WELL, HOW COME IT’S RED? IN THIS VIDEO, AFTER THE ALLEGED, YOU KNOW, COLLISION HAPPENED AND THEN IT’S, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT IT DOESN’T HAVE ANY RED PIECES WHERE IT SHOULD BE RED. BUT JUROR NUMBER FOUR STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING HE BELIEVES INVESTIGATORS PLANTED TAILLIGHT PIECES AT THE SCENE AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO FRAME REID. I DON’T REALLY KNOW IF THERE WAS A COVER UP OR NOT. I KNOW THAT’S THE BIG CONSPIRACY AROUND IT, BUT I DON’T REALLY KNOW. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THEY THERE WAS A LOT OF HOLES IN THE INVESTIGATION. JUROR NUMBER FOUR WAS INITIALLY SEATED CLOSEST TO THE WITNESS STAND. BUT DURING THE FIFTH WEEK OF THE TRIAL, HE SWITCHED SEATS WITH A WOMAN IN THE BACK ROW. AN ISSUE HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT RIGHT AFTER THE JUDGE SAID SHE NEEDED TO QUESTION ALL THE JURORS INDIVIDUALLY, NO ONE EVER EXPLAINED THE INTERVIEWS OR THE SEAT SWITCH. WE WERE TOLD WE’RE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE COURTROOM. JUROR NUMBER FOUR SAYS THE JURY DID SEE THE CROWDS OUTSIDE AND SAYS THAT DID ADD PRESSURE. IT DID NOT GIVE ME COMFORT. BUT HE SAYS IT DID NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME. I DON’T THINK THAT ALL THE HAVING ALL THOSE PEOPLE SWAYED ME TO GO EITHER WAY. WE WERE ONLY TASKED WITH LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE. DEFENSE ATTORNEY DAVID SAID TODAY THAT HE IS GLAD TO HEAR THIS. PARTICULAR JURORS COMMENTS ABOUT REASONABLE DOUBTS, WHY? HE SAYS THAT CONFIRMED A SWITCH IN THEIR STRATEGY. COMING UP TONIG