By Louise Boyle PUBLISHED: 11:21 EST, 28 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:10 EST, 28 January 2014 Veteran Boston Red Sox commentator Jerry Remy has announced that he plans to return this season after he stepped out of the spotlight while his family dealt with his son's arrest for the brutal murder of his girlfriend. Mr Remy, 61, held an emotional press conference at the New England Sports Network's headquarters in Watertown, Massachusetts on Monday where he said that people could insult him but not his wife Phoebe who he staunchly defended as a 'good parent'.
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Veteran announcer Jerry Remy said on Monday that his friends and family had convinced him to return to work
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Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy's son Jared Remy, 34, is charged with stabbing death of Jennifer Martel
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The slaying took place just a day after he was released without bail for assaulting the 27-year-old mother of his young daughter
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