Alan Jackson, who led the legal team that secured a June acquittal for Karen Read in her murder retrial, said Tuesday that he and a colleague are joining her defense in a related wrongful death lawsuit .

“I’m proud to stand alongside [attorney] Elizabeth Little as we join Karen Read‘s civil defense team in her relentless pursuit of justice,” Jackson said in a statement.

“Karen’s courage in confronting abuse of power and demanding the truth is unwavering — and so are we,“ he said. ”This fight isn’t over. Not until every lie is exposed and every wrong is made right.”

Jackson, Little, David Yannetti, Robert Alessi, and Victoria George served as defense counsel at Read’s second criminal trial. In June, a jury acquitted her of charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating

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