In a blistering lawsuit filed this week, Karen Read sued several witnesses and investigators she alleges “concocted a plan” to frame her for killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.

Read was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges in O’Keefe’s death following her second high-profile murder trial this spring. While prosecutors alleged Read drunkenly backed her SUV into O’Keefe while dropping him off at a house party in Canton on Jan. 29, 2022, jurors ultimately convicted her only of a drunk driving misdemeanor.

“Now, after being acquitted of all charges relating to Mr. O’Keefe’s death, Ms. Read brings this action to recover for and address the actions of those actually involved in Mr. O’Keefe’s death and the law enforcement officers who abjectly failed to ensure

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