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Just months after her acquittal in the death of her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, Karen Read is expected in a Massachusetts courtroom Monday to face a wrongful death lawsuit from O’Keefe’s family.

The 2 p.m. hearing in Plymouth Superior Court marks an escalation for the civil case, which had largely been on hold while Read’s criminal case was pending. Monday’s hearing also reunites Read with attorneys Alan Jackson and Elizabeth Little , who lead Read’s criminal defense.

The 45-year-old was tried twice for murder after prosecutors alleged she drunkenly backed her SUV into O’Keefe while dropping him off at a house party in Canton on Jan. 29, 2022. While her 2024 trial ended in a hung jury, jurors this spring found her not guilty of her most serious charges. I

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