Karen Read
Sues Cops, Former Friends …
Alleges Setup in Police Officer Boyfriend’s Death
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Karen Read — the Boston lady acquitted of killing her police officer boyfriend this 12 months — is suing a number of of the witnesses within the high-profile trial.
Read filed go well with Monday in opposition to eight individuals who testified in opposition to her — together with the lead investigator, his two former supervisors, and 5 individuals who had been current on the 2022 get together that ended with John O’Keefe‘s loss of life.
Read was twice tried for murder within the loss of life of O’Keefe — her Boston cop boyfriend … she was accused of putting him along with her SUV on the evening of a snowstorm, after a drunken get together on the home the place his physique was later present in a snowbank within the entrance yard. She was in the end acquitted of the murder and manslaughter prices … however was discovered responsible of working a automobile beneath the affect.
Read is suing Michael Proctor, the lead investigator within the case, who was fired for misconduct, Boston Police Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik and Lt. Brian Tully … in addition to Brian and Nicole Albert — whose home the get together befell in — Jennifer and Matthew McCabe and an ATF agent named Brian Higgins.

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Read’s lawsuit alleges O’Keefe was really killed “in an altercation” through the get together, and alleges the previous mates arrange the scene afterward to implicate her … the go well with additionally alleges investigators went together with the ruse.
Shortly after Read’s acquittal, the Albert and McCabe households stated in “Nightline” interview the general public scrutiny from her retrial “dehumanized” them.
Read has since been sued by O’Keefe’s household for wrongful loss of life … WBZ-TV in Boston studies.