Further along in his testimony, prosecutors asked Colin Albert to expound upon when he started thinking about the case. He responded that he started thinking about it “a little over a year” ago, once his family started getting attacked on social media and having people show up on their doorsteps and sports games.

“We couldn’t leave the house without people taking pictures of us and it’s very terrible,” said Colin Albert.

Read’s defense attorneys had attempted to strike Allison McCabe’s testimony from Wednesday when she also detailed the harassment her family has faced due to the trial. Yannetti said that he had asked every witness when they first spoke with state police and that “none of that conversation had anything to do with harassment whatsoever.”

Prosecutor Adam Lally argued that Yannetti “absolutely opened the door” by asking why it took so long for McCabe to turn over text messages to police. Judge Beverly Cannone denied the request, saying she disagreed with the defense “in the strongest way possible.”

The second and final testimony of the day came from Matthew McCabe, Allison McCabe’s father and Jennifer McCabe’s husband.

Matthew McCabe testified that he arrived at Brian Albert’s house at around 12:20 A.M. and left around 1:45 A.M. When asked if he ever saw Colin Albert inside the house, he responded, “No, he was not.” He also testified that he did not see his daughter Allison McCabe or her car at the house.

Matthew McCabe also testified that he saw a dark-colored SUV outside of a home in Canton before O’Keefe’s body was discovered, which had moved “further up the road” by the third time he looked outside.

When testimony resumes on Friday, Matthew McCabe will return to the stand for cross-examination.

Outside the courtroom after court broke for the day, Read’s lawyers doubled down on their cross-examination of Colin Albert.

“The truth is ultimately going to come out. That’s the role of the court and that’s what happened today,” said Jackson.

WBZ NewsRadio's Madison Rogers (@MadisonWBZ) reports.