PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — The wrongful death lawsuit filed against Karen Read is facing delays now that Read is involved in a second lawsuit in a different county.

Karen Read listens to the cross-examination during her retrial at Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Read was acquitted on charges of second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, after prosecutors accused her of hitting him with her Lexus and leaving him to die in the snow after a night out drinking. His body was found on the front lawn of a friend and fellow police officer’s home in Canton during a blizzard in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2022.

While Read was found not guilty of criminal respons

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