Former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor laughed at the notion that he tried to frame Karen Read in 2022 when John O’Keefe died, he said in a recent television interview.

In the interview which aired on Thursday night, Proctor responded to accusations that he’s corrupt and deliberately tried to frame Read in the death of her boyfriend, who was a Boston Police Department officer.

“I laugh because it’s such a ridiculous accusation,” Proctor said on NBC’s “Dateline.” “There’s not one piece of evidence or fact to support that, because it did not happen. I would never do something like that.”

When asked if he cracked the taillight on Read’s Lexus, Proctor responded “absolutely not.”

O’Keefe was found during the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2022, with his body lying in the snow. Kerry Roberts and Jennifer McCabe both testified against her, telling jurors that Read was panicked when she called them on the morning of Jan. 29, 2022 saying O’Keefe was missing.

McCabe alleged that Read repeated the phrase “I hit him” on the morning he went missing. Timothy Nuttall, a paramedic, also said in court that he heard Read saying “I hit him” three times.

Witnesses testified that Read and O’Keefe were drinking with friends, which included McCabe, in Canton and were invited to an after-party at Brian Albert’s house, but the couple didn’t attend.

Karen Read exits Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, MA, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Read was found to be not guilty of the murder of her boyfriend, John O’Keefe. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)

Read’s defense team, however, maintained that Read never hit O’Keefe. Her lawyers blamed O’Keefe’s injuries on a dog attack as well as an altercation with men at the after-party.

According to witnesses who testified in court, while Read’s car was outside Albert’s house, she and O’Keefe weren’t seen at the after-party. Read told reporters that she saw O’Keefe enter the house prior to her driving away.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.