Overview
- Lifetime premieres Accused: The Karen Read Story on Saturday, January 10 at 8/7c.
- Katie Cassidy stars as Karen Read and Luke Humphrey portrays John O’Keefe, with Michael Proctor depicted after his firing over misogynistic texts during the investigation.
- The case stems from O’Keefe’s 2022 death in a snowbank, with prosecutors alleging Read struck him with her car and left him outside.
- A jury on June 18, 2025 acquitted Read of homicide-related counts and leaving the scene, and convicted her of operating under the influence.
- Read received one year of probation with alcohol education and now faces a wrongful-death suit, as other projects progress including a Prime Video series with Elizabeth Banks and a Netflix docuseries.