In a motion filed in Norfolk Superior Court, Read’s lawyers said that “by simply ‘dragging and dropping’ files from the Canton Police Department’s Video File System to a USB, the relevant metadata necessary to verify the accuracy, authenticity, and information associated with the creation and storage of that information will be destroyed.”

Prosecutors are asking Judge Beverly Cannone to deny Karen Read's motion to dismiss her case​ ahead of her April 1 trial.

Karen Read’s legal team has submitted a redacted version of its latest motion to dismiss her case “on the basis of extraordinary governmental misconduct” — primarily the alleged withholding of evidence that could prove her innocence.