Hank Brennan’s statement regarding The Commonwealth vs Karen Read verdict:

#KarenRead "The campaign of intimidation and abuse that has been waged, funded, and promoted in public and on social media is the antithesis of justice. If this type of conduct becomes commonplace, it will threaten the integrity of our judicial system." - Hank Brennan

#KarenRead Unpopular: I feel sorry for juror #11 like I feel sorry for KR. The inability to disengage with convincing people of your relevance and being right = an unfulfilling, insecure life. Soon, people aren't going to care about them. That's our society. Short news cycle.

True crime friends/trial watchers/legal nerds: As I thought would be the case, the ANTIDOTE to #KarenRead is listening to a typical, run-of-the-mill, quest-for-justice trial. Court TV Canadian Law & Crime #FLvChristopherDavis #BarrySchmalbach

#KarenRead I wonder about all the internet "rockstar" lawyers who contaminated the public for the defense. Seems like they have A LOT of time... unlike real the rockstar lawyers who, I don't know, are probably being rockstar lawyers in courtrooms and stuff. Could be wrong. 🧐🤔

#KarenRead Once our institutions and systems catch up to the detrimental impact of social media, I wonder if professionals - lawyers, especially - will have to abide by a code of conduct about what they share and comment on outside of their fields of practice.

#KarenRead I can't stop thinking about this: can you imagine how Hank Brennan must feel knowing that he put every fiber of his soul into illustrating the truth - day in, day out - IN GOOD FAITH only to learn that he and JOK's family never had a chance.

I think all of FKR is in a group text, and when someone posts anything in favor of the prosecution's case or HB on social media, they send out a signal to descend on them - rabid, vitriolic, sometimes unintelligible, mostly 8th grade mean girls style. Fascinating human behavior.

Fellow figure skating friends: I missed Shin and Nagy's short program. How do I see it?! Help! #PrevagenUSChamps

#MilanoCortinaOlympic2026 Yesterday's ice dance results make me annoyed at myself for loving a sport based on human subjectivity. I despise the fact that, yes, medals are awarded after TWO skates, yet everyone believes the outcome has been decided in the RD. #WinterOlympics

#MilanoCortinaOlympic2026 Chock and Bates, yes, but I CANNOT WAIT for Zingas and Kolesnik to be the BEST over the next four years.

I'm about as close to winning an Olympic medal as I am to Mars, but I'll say this: I would never want to win a gold medal that SO many people believed I did not earn or deserve. Love to C/B. FB/C will forever have a shadow on their win. ISU Figure Skating Team USA U.S. Figure Skating

#MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics Re: Malinin - The powers that be: Change the skating schedule and STOP sacrificing athletes' mental health for viewership and media hounds desperate for sensationalism. It's TOO MUCH PRESSURE. There is a cost. Ilia paid it. NBC Olympics & Paralympics Team USA