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USA Today
10 hours ago
- USA Today
Karen Read's second murder trial is not the end of her legal troubles. Here's why.
Karen Read's second murder trial is not the end of her legal troubles. Here's why. On June 13, the jury began deliberating in Karen Read's second murder trial, but this trial is not it for Read's legal troubles. Read, 45, is accused of killing her boyfriend, Braintree native and Boston police officer John O'Keefe outside a Canton home in January 2022. Read's first trial in O'Keefe's death ended in a mistrial in July. O'Keefe's family in August filed a civil lawsuit in Plymouth Superior Court against Read and two bars in Canton that she and O'Keefe visited before his death. O'Keefe family is suing Karen Read, C.F. McCarthy's and the Waterfall John O'Keefe's brother, Paul O'Keefe, and his estate filed a civil lawsuit in Plymouth Superior Court in August against John O'Keefe's girlfriend, Karen Read, and Canton bars C.F. McCarthy's and the Waterfall. The suit is seeking at least $50,000 in damages including "reasonably expected society, companionship, comfort, guidance, counsel, net income, services, assistance, protection, care, and advice to next of kin." The lawsuit states Read's conduct was "extreme and outrageous, beyond the bounds of decency and was utterly intolerable" and that she "outrageously created a false narrative." Read's counsel filed motioned to stay the civil case until the criminal case is resolved, arguing that parallel civil and criminal proceedings could undermine Read's Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. Judge William White Jr. in November ordered the halt of Read's scheduled deposition in the civil case and any other discovery directly related to her. Other discovery proceedings were allowed to continue without pause, according to the ruling. Karen Read charged with second-degree murder Read was charged with second-degree murder after O'Keefe's body was found in the front lawn outside the Canton home of a fellow Boston police officer Jan. 29, 2022, during a snowstorm. Prosecutors say Read was drunk and angry when she purposely hit him after a night of drinking at C.F. McCarthy's and the Waterfall. But defense attorneys for Read say she was framed for O'Keefe's death. Read is also charged with manslaughter while driving drunk and leaving the scene of personal injury and death.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Karen Read's second murder trial is not the end of her legal troubles. Here's why.
On June 13, the jury began deliberating in Karen Read's second murder trial, but this trial is not it for Read's legal troubles. Read, 45, is accused of killing her boyfriend, Braintree native and Boston police officer John O'Keefe outside a Canton home in January 2022. Read's first trial in O'Keefe's death ended in a mistrial in July. O'Keefe's family in August filed a civil lawsuit in Plymouth Superior Court against Read and two bars in Canton that she and O'Keefe visited before his death. John O'Keefe's brother, Paul O'Keefe, and his estate filed a civil lawsuit in Plymouth Superior Court in August against John O'Keefe's girlfriend, Karen Read, and Canton bars C.F. McCarthy's and the Waterfall. The suit is seeking at least $50,000 in damages including "reasonably expected society, companionship, comfort, guidance, counsel, net income, services, assistance, protection, care, and advice to next of kin." The lawsuit states Read's conduct was "extreme and outrageous, beyond the bounds of decency and was utterly intolerable" and that she "outrageously created a false narrative." Read's counsel filed motioned to stay the civil case until the criminal case is resolved, arguing that parallel civil and criminal proceedings could undermine Read's Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. Judge William White Jr. in November ordered the halt of Read's scheduled deposition in the civil case and any other discovery directly related to her. Other discovery proceedings were allowed to continue without pause, according to the ruling. Read was charged with second-degree murder after O'Keefe's body was found in the front lawn outside the Canton home of a fellow Boston police officer Jan. 29, 2022, during a snowstorm. Prosecutors say Read was drunk and angry when she purposely hit him after a night of drinking at C.F. McCarthy's and the Waterfall. But defense attorneys for Read say she was framed for O'Keefe's death. Read is also charged with manslaughter while driving drunk and leaving the scene of personal injury and death. This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Karen Read trial: What's the status of her civil case?
CBS News
29-01-2025
- CBS News
3 years after John O'Keefe's death, Karen Read murder trial still center stage
CANTON - It's now been three years since Boston police officer John O'Keefe's body was found in a snowy front yard at 34 Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts. His girlfriend at the time, Karen Read, will face her second trial in the case later this year. Read is accused of running over O'Keefe with her SUV on January 29, 2022. O'Keefe, 46, is remembered as a generous man, loved by all, according to his family and friends. "It has been 3 years since Johnny was senselessly taken from us," the O'Keefe family said in a statement to WBZ-TV. "The void in our lives grows with each passing day, week, month and year. His absence is profound and we will continue to seek justice for him. He is always in our hearts." O'Keefe was the legal caretaker of his teenage niece and nephew, who lost both of their parents when O'Keefe's sister, Kristen, died in 2013 from brain cancer, and her husband died shortly after from a heart attack. What happened the night John O'Keefe died? It's uncontested that O'Keefe was out drinking with some friends at C.F. McCarthy's in Canton on the night of January 28, 2022. Read met up with him there. The couple later joined other friends at the Waterfall Bar & Grille in Canton. Shortly after midnight, the group left to attend an after party at 34 Fairview Road, the home of fellow Boston police officer Brian Albert. O'Keefe was in the passenger seat of Read's Lexus as she drove to the house. What follows has been hotly debated among lawyers, police, and the community for three years. According to prosecutors with the Norfolk County District Attorney's office, O'Keefe and Read fought. O'Keefe got out of the car, but never made it into the house, as they allege Read drunkenly and angrily put her car in reverse, drove backwards 62 feet at 24 miles per hour, and hit O'Keefe. Read's legal team says O'Keefe went into the house, was attacked by a number of men at the after party, and his body was later dumped on the front lawn - the first step in an elaborate cover up to frame Read, they allege. Read's criminal trial exposed inappropriate text messages from a state trooper, as well as flaws in the investigation into O'Keefe's death. Karen Read and two witnesses in the case discovered O'Keefe's body on the front lawn at Fairview Road shortly after 6 a.m. on January 29, 2022. The medical examiner testified that he died from a combination of blunt force trauma to the head and hypothermia. What's the latest in the John O'Keefe case? Karen Read's first trial - in which she was tried for murder, among other things - ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury on July 1. The trial lasted ten weeks, and had more than seventy witnesses. Read is scheduled to be retried on April 1, 2025. Read's team has moved to dismiss two of her charges, due to post-trial interviews with jurors who confirmed that the jury unanimously agreed to acquit Read on two charges, but never reported the vote to the judge. That issue is currently being decided by the highest court in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court. In addition, Read is facing a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of John O'Keefe. Hearings on the suit have been delayed until after her criminal trial ends.
