PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — Karen Read is vehemently denying having any role in her boyfriend’s death, this time in a formal response to a civil suit filed by John O’Keefe’s family.

Read was acquitted of charges that she murdered O’Keefe , whom she had been dating, by hitting him with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow. After Read’s first criminal trial ended in a mistrial , a second jury cleared her of the most serious charges she faced, convicting her only of driving under the influence; she was sentenced to probation.

Karen Read attends her murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Libby O’Neill/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

In the wake of the jury’s verdict, O’Keefe’s family has turned their attention to the lawsuit they filed

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