It appears as if Michael Proctor knew that it would be coming out that he went through Karen Read's phone looking for noodz and got out ahead of it by telling his wife a lie about it: https://tbdailynews.com/canton-coverup-part-340-michael-proctor-told-his-wife-he-was-just-kidding-around-with-friends-when-he-said-he-was-looking-for-naked-pictures-of-karen-read-in-her-phone/