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>> phil: read accused of hitting her police officer boyfriend with her suv and leaving him to die in the snow. she and her many supporters say she's being set up by police. >> i've never warmed a hair on john o'keefe's head. >> phil: could this end in a hung jury? lindsay lohan back to the big screen in "freaky friday 2," the sequel to the film that cemented her movie stardom. reuniting with costar jamie lee curtis and rekindling that chemistry. >> when you have a best friend or someone you're really close with, you can not see them for years but when you see them again, it's like you never separated. >> the one-time it girl opening up about being a new mom. >> i'm so grateful for every moment of it, every second. closing out pride month with david archuleta. the "american idol" star opening up about his struggle to reconcile his mormon faith with his truth. >> i got engaged three different times to women, because that's what i was told would help me

overcome the feelings. >> phil: and the move he and his mom finally made. >> she said, "if you're going to hell, then we're all going to hell with you." >> phil: turning his pain into art in the new song called "hell together." ♪ go to hell together ♪ (♪) heartburn makes you queasy? get fast relief with new tums+ upset stomach & nausea support, and love food back. (♪) can neuriva support your brain health? mary, janet, hey!! (thinking: eddie, no frasier, frank... frank?) fred! how are you?! fred... fuel up to 7 brain health indicators, including your memory. join the neuriva brain health challenge.

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>> phil: good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm phil lipof. the murder trial that's gripping the nation and dividing the greater boston community hit a standstill today. do longer jury deliberations foreshadow a guilty or not guilty verdict? here's abc's erielle reshef. >> all right, so counsel, you're aware of a note from the jury? >> reporter: a fourth day of waiting and frustration. the jury in the karen read trial ordered back to deliberations after telling the judge they could not reach a verdict on whether she murdered her boyfriend. >> i'd ask you to clear your heads, have lunch, and begin your deliberations again. so -- or continue your deliberations, all right? so i'm sending you back out. >> reporter: supporters of the free karen read movement have turned the case into a national sensation. >> "i hit him, i hit him, i hit him, i hit him." those are the words of the defendant. >> karen read was framed.

her car never struck john o'keefe. >> reporter: the trial took place over 31 explosive days with scores of witnesses and experts and intense back-and-forth arguments. >> karen read is facing charges of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter, which also includes involuntary manslaughter as a lesser included charge and leaving the scene of an accident that involved death. >> reporter: read stands charged with killing her boyfriend, boston police officer john o'keefe. if convicted on the most serious charge, she faces life in prison. the case has divided a community, captured true crime fans, and sent many on social media into a frenzy. >> is she being framed in an elaborate cover-up involving corrupt cops? or did she back into her boyfriend and leave him for dead? >> reporter: read has strongly denied the allegations. she sat down with my colleague matt gutman last year before trial. >> i did not kill john o'keefe. i've never harmed a hair on john o'keefe's head. >> is it possible that you might

have hit him unwittingly in your admittedly very large suv? >> no. not possible. >> reporter: the couple's story starts off like many, rekindling old flames. first, dating in their 20s, and reconnecting more than a decade later. >> how did you meet up again? >> he had reached out to me on facebook, and he said, "hey, blast on the past, how's thing in this". >> reporter: those closest to o'keefe say he was a consummate family man, raising his young niece and nephew after his sister passed away. during the pimd, he and read began dating and were together nearly two years. one night, they were invited to meet up with friends at the waterfall bar in canton where they ran into brian albert, a fellow boston police officer. read says there was an invitation to continue hanging out at albert's home. what happens next is disputed. >> so i pull up the foot of the driveway. it's snowing. john has no coat on. it's windy. so i drop him off. he goes up the driveway and

approaches the side door. >> reporter: read says after about ten minutes of waiting in her car, she became irritated that o'keefe was still inside. so, she left. she says she continued calling him before she fell asleep at around 1:30 in the morning. but brian albert's testimony in court contradicts her account. >> and at no point in time over the course of that evening or early morning did o'keefe or karen read physically come into your house? >> john o'keefe and karen read never entered my house. >> reporter: the next morning read says she woke up before 5:00 a.m., and o'keefe still wasn't home. she began frantically calling friends and says she started canvassing the neighborhood. she met up with friends carrie roberts and jen mac caid, and the three made it to albert's home. >> how soon was it that you saw john's body? -- immediately. what struck me when i saw him was, his mouth was open a little

bit, and his eyes were shut, and he had spots of blood in different areas on his face. >> reporter: o'keefe was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. the chief medical examiner said the cause? blunt force trauma to the head and hypothermia. the prosecution bringing in witnesses to support their argument that o'keefe was hit by the rear bumper of read's suv that night. >> as far as mr. o'keefe, what, if anything, did you learn about his injuries? >> oh -- like, what types of injuries he had? >> yes. >> yeah, blunt-force injuries. there was abrasions, lacerations. >> the defense makes the argument that the injuries sustained by john o'keefe are not consistent with that of being struck by a vehicle, especially a rear-end collision. they make the point that the injury is concentrated on his arm and that there are no bruisings or any kind of damage to that arm or even his body. >> reporter: for the family and friends of john o'keefe, the wait for justice continues. for karen read, her battle for

vindication remains delayed. for now, both sides left wondering when the jury will decide. >> phil: our thanks to erielle. we turn to lindsay lohan's planned return to the big screen in a sequel to the fan favorite "freaky friday." it's an instance of art imitating life imitating art. as lohan's character is now a mom just like lindsay is. here's abc's ike >> reporter: it's official. "freaky friday" is back. >> it's going to be a really freaky friday. much freakier than you would expect. >> reporter: we sat down to talk swapping bodies once again with on-screen mom jamie lee curtis in the sequel to "freaky friday" overgy years after the original hit. >> i want my friends. i want to eat whatever i want when i want. mommy? >> i know, sweetie, it's a hard

day. >> listen, we are all thrilled about the forthcoming "freaky friday 2." this is very exciting. >> oh, it's fantastic. i mean, we all just have so much fun. and it's so great to have that on set. you always want to have a good time. so -- it's just, yeah, a lot of -- a lot of love, a lot of fun, a lot of laughs. it's a great experience. >> tell me about being on set again. just being back in that mood. >> i think really for me, it was when i went on to the disney lot. and being back on the disney lot, because that's not just "freaky friday" for me, that's "the parent trap." >> this is so freaky. >> that's "confessions of a teenage drama queen." that's "herbie." it's so many moments for me. when i got there are i kind of felt this essence of a little kid again. >> jamie lee curtis. she's been so supportive of you over the years. how's that bond been between the both of you? >> jamie and i have stayed in touch over the years.

they say when you have a best friend or someone you're close with, you can not see them for years and years, when you see them again it's like you never separated. women supporting women is an incredible thing. >> what's it like to get back into her head, per se? >> oh, well -- i can't say much. but i am taking guitar lessons. ♪ and i do have a daughter in the movie. >> reporter: and life imitates art. lohan is a new mom. baby luiee, bor she says bringing her the most joy. how are you enjoying life in this chapter and also motherhood? >> i'm so grateful for every moment of it, every second. every morning waking up and running to grab my son. just looking at him. when he looks me back in the eyes, just -- i'm going to get emotional. it's just the most beautiful -- i'm just so grateful every day. we always move so fast. so i feel like that's the one thing i've learned over time.

taking time for myself and really just cherishing every moment. >> reporter: and a fresh partnership helping keep the new mom's energy up. >> when was the last time you took a break? >> i have partnered with pure leaf for their new tea break campaign, which is great, because i am a big tea lover, personally. and it's really important that we take time out in our crazy, busy schedules every day to take a tea break. whenever you can find the time, if you feel like you're so on the go -- i always feel like juggling so many hats. now being a new mom and everything and filming and being a wife and a daughter and a sister. it's nice to take time for yourself. >> reporter: this movie star mom also getting ready to celebrate her and her son's birthday. a reminder she says puts everything into perspective. how do you plan to celebrate? >> i mean, i always want to be with family. i feel like, you know, as you get older, like, less is more. so yeah, just spending it together. for my son, i don't know. we're going to do something fun.

i'm going to get him a bouncy house. >> reporter: those are always the best. the bouncy houses, i could go in those right now, actually. >> it's going to be fun for all of us. >> phil: our thanks to ike. when we return, the culmination of our "pride out loud" series with david archuleta. did you know... 80% of women are struggling with hair damage? just like i was. dryness and frizz could be damaged hair that can't retain moisture. new pantene miracle rescue deep conditioner, with first-of-its-kind melting pro-v pearls... locks in moisture to repair 6 months of damage in one wash, without weigh down. guaranteed or your money back! for resilient, healthy-looking hair... if you know, you know it's pantene. if you're living with hiv, imagine being good to go without daily hiv pills. good to go off the grid.

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here's "nightline" coanchor juju chang with the latest installment of our "pride out loud" series. >> juju: happy pride. >> thank you. >> juju: what does this pride month of celebration mean to you, especially someone, as you said, this is one of your first open pride months? >> it's like my first time being busy, and like doing stuff during pride. because it was a new thing. and i always thought it was something bad before. and growing up religious, you hear pride and proud and it's like, you're not supposed to be prideful. if anything i was like, i'm supposed to be ashamed of my sexuality. so to now learn how to be like, oh, to be proud, and to feel confidence and love for yourself when you method you were supposed to hate this part of you before, it's like a really nice, beautiful shift to have. >> juju: wow, that's so profound. tell me a little bit about the arc of your career. you broke through at 16 on "american idol."

you basically grew up in front of our eyes, in many ways. you were recently awarded the glaad award, i understand, for breakthrough artist. what, sort of when you look back on it, are you most proud of? >> for me it's this journey of learning how to love myself. because there was a point, before i came out, i tried to get -- i tried to get rid of my feelings that i thought were bad. and it got to the point where i got engaged three different times to women. because that's what i was told would help me overcome the feelings. and they didn't. and i felt like a failure. and i thought, oh my gosh, maybe i shouldn't even -- it's not even worth continuing on. it's not even worth living if i'm going to be overcome by this corrupt evil inside of me. so, to be able to learn how to love that part of me i feel like is the biggest accomplishment. it's made the biggest difference. because before i came out i thought, it doesn't matter if i've done "american idol," released albums, gone on tour,

nothing is good enough to make up for the evil in me. to not look at it that way has changed everything aboutni my life. >> juju: that's your biggest accomplishment so far, that's incredible. when you did sit down with my colleague, steve osunsami, you said that was the first time you talked openly about all of your pain. you even sat down and said a prayer with him before the interview. >> my gosh. our heavenly father -- >> juju: yet since that interview, you've left the mormon church, the lds church. >> yeah. >> juju: what was it like to walk away from your religion? >> it was really hard. it was everything for me. it was my life. my singing, my career, my friendships, everything was with the purpose of with my faith as the lens. so to take that away, i was like, i don't have a purpose anymore. >> juju: wow. >> and so -- it's been a hard transition, but it's been really good. because i've learned that there's life even outside of the

world i was in before. >> juju: you've turned it into art, your pain, in some ways. you wrote a song called "held together" about grappling with your faith and your sexuality. let's take a look. >> okay. ♪ you and me that's all we need ♪ ♪ blood is thicker than the pages that they read ♪ ♪ i'm afraid of letting go ♪ ♪ of the version of me that i used to know ♪ >> juju: that is so personal with those clips. i can see tears in your eyes. >> i know. when i see my mom, i get emotional. >> juju: aww. now i've learned that you and she together have left the church? >> yeah. before i came out to everybody on my socials, i called my mom. and i said, "mom, just so you know, i'm going to start dating guys." and she said, "honey, i love you, but i love godmother, and i can't accept this about you."

examine when it was noun younes didn't hear from my mom for a few days, oh, no. a few days later, "i've decided to step away from the church." what? this is the woman saying, i love you but i love godmother? she said, "i don't want to be somewhere where my children don't feel loved and welcomed. if you're going to hell, then we're all going to hell with you." and so i was -- that really touched me. thus i wrote the song "held together" inspired by what she said. >> juju: and it continues to move you. >> i know, yeah. i'm really touched by my mom. >> juju: that's huge, though. that's a huge step for her and for you. >> yeah, but i hope that sharing the story can help just give a different perspective -- >> juju: absolutely. >> -- how to approach it. >> juju: i know since leaving the church, you've talked about all the new things you're experiencing. >> yeah. >> juju: almost like a second adolescence for you, if that's fair. >> it is. it feels like going through everything -- all my friends would say, "oh, yeah, when i was young, i did that, and this

craze thing." i couldn't fathom it before, i was like, what? i was such an obedient rule-keeper. did everything by the book of my church. and so now to be like, oh, i don't have any rules now. so now i've been, you know -- i have my first drink of alcohol in my 30s and my first cup of coffee and going to edm fest raves. like wow, this was all stuff that i was told is so dangerous, but now i'm like, i'm enjoying this. and just kind of get it out of my system and growing up very quickly and becoming -- trying to become my own person after -- after mormonism. >> juju: that's what we call coming of age, right? >> i guess so. >> juju: i love seeing your spirit shine through all of it. >> thank you. >> phil: our thanks to juju. if you or a loved one are struggling with thoughts of self-harm or other mental health crises, reach out to the national suicide and crisis lifeline by dial organize texting 988. you can reach the specialty

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♪ >> phil: finally tonight, actor martin mull has died. he first found fame on the '70s classic "mary hartman, mary hartman." america came to know him as roseanne's gay boss on "roseanne." >> don't worry, we don't bite." >> phil: mull played guitar, sang, did comedy, and appeared in tv shows. his daughter maggie calling him "never not funny" and posting "he will be missed by his wife and daughter." and the sign of a truly exceptional person by many, many dogs. martin mull was 80 years old. that's "nightline." you can watch all our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here the same time next week. thanks for staying up with us. good night, america.