Turtleboy's defense attorney argued the blogger's conduct may have been “unwise,” but it didn't constitute witness intimidation.

Kearney has picketed at the witnesses’ homes, confronted them publicly and posted profane rants online, including their contact information, after alleging that O’Keefe had been killed inside Brian Albert's Canton home and then dumped on the lawn in an effort to frame Read.

Judge Beverly Cannone said Read’s lawyers cannot add attorney Mark Bederow to their ranks because he also represents Aidan Kearney, the blogger known as “Turtleboy."