Julie Miller

Hollywood Correspondent at Vanity Fair

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Karen Read Found Not Guilty of Murder in Second Trial, Guilty of OUI

1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

Karen Read was found not guilty on Wednesday of second-degree murder and manslaughter, charges stemming from the mysterious 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe. After 21 hours of deliberation, jurors found Read guilty of operating under the influence of liquor, a lesser charge that was added to the verdict slip for the second trial. Punishment in Massachusetts for the crime can include a fee, license suspension, up to two and a half years in jail, and probation.
Inside Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson’s Pageant Weekend

1 month ago | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

This weekend, Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson made their first public appearance since the CBS Sunday Morning debacle. Inside the ballroom of a Holiday Inn in Portland, Maine, Belichick watched Hudson compete in the Miss Maine USA pageant from the front row. Belichick, 73, wore a suit and tie during Saturday’s preliminary competition and Sunday’s finals.
The Ballad of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson: “What the Hell Happened to Coach?”

1 month ago | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

Bill Belichick famously led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl wins during a historic 24-year-run. But someone else appeared to call the shots for the 73-year-old coach during his recent CBS News Sunday Morning interview: his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson. During an otherwise benign segment about his forthcoming memoir The Art of Winning: Lessons From My Life in Football, Belichick was asked by Tony Dokoupil how he met Hudson.
Karen Read’s Second Murder Trial Is Already a Spectacle

2 months ago | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

Last week Karen Read returned to a wood-paneled courtroom about 25 minutes southwest of Boston for her second murder trial. Twelve jurors had already determined that there was not enough evidence from Norfolk County district attorney Michael Morrissey to convict Read of second-degree murder and a lesser charge of leaving the scene of a deadly accident, according to two jurors who spoke to VF.
As Karen Read Returns to Trial, Here’s Everything You Need to Know

2 months ago | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

Karen Read’s Second Murder TrialKaren Read’s second murder trial started Tuesday, April 1, with the first day of jury selection. “I think this is going to be twice what the first trial was, just in terms of magnitude and witnesses,” Read recently told Vanity Fair. “I think that this trial is going to be bigger and longer than the last one.”Because of the media attention around the case, the Office of Jury Commissioner has summoned more than 1,000 people for duty.
Exclusive: A Juror From Karen Read’s First Murder Trial Has Joined Her Defense Team

Mar 26, 2025 | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

When Victoria Brophey George got the jury summons for the first Karen Read murder trial outside of Boston in 2024, she didn’t balk. A Princeton graduate who grew up obsessed with the Supreme Court, interned with a federal judge, and got her JD from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, George says she feels a civic obligation to participate in the oft-dreaded enlistment.
An Open Letter to the Partners of Recovering Alcoholics

Jan 18, 2025 | medium.com | Julie Miller

Julie Miller·Follow6 min read·--Let’s make this a little easier on all of us. Hey. I see you. When your partner quits drinking, it feels like everything changes. Maybe they’ve suddenly got new routines in the morning or evening that are changing the way you do things too. Or they’re not hanging out with the same friends, or going out to the same places, and you miss that stuff. They’re starting to work through some old emotional stuff, and maybe learning a lot of new things about themselves.
Karen Read Tells Her Story (Part 2): A New Trial Looms in Massachusetts

Oct 29, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

In Massachusetts, defendants need court approval to subpoena documents or physical evidence. Norfolk County Superior Court judge Beverly Cannone agreed to a hearing in May 2023, before the trial began, to determine whether Karen Read could subpoena phone records from Albert and McCabe, but they opposed the motion. Cannone canceled the court date and denied Read’s request. Two months later, Read’s team asked Cannone to recuse herself, claiming the appearance of bias.
Karen Read Tells Her Story (Part 1): A Murder Trial in Massachusetts

Oct 28, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

On an August morning, Karen Read is wheeling my suitcase into her four-bedroom Mansfield home. Her minimalist Colonial is embedded with clues to her current existence. A Ziploc go bag, in case of sudden arrest, sits hidden in the buffet of her blue dining room. In it: Advil, melatonin, toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, drugstore lipstick, strip of paper with her lawyer’s phone number on it, and a bottle of Laura Mercier foundation, left over from her previous life.
Inside Netflix’s ‘The Menendez Brothers,’ and Lyle and Erik’s Complicated Feelings for Their Parents

Oct 15, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Julie Miller

When it came time to record interviews for Netflix’s new documentary The Menendez Brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez did not have many options. As both are serving life sentences at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego for murdering their parents, José and Kitty, in 1989, it’s not like they could leave for the day to sit in an air-conditioned hotel room or studio for filming.