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Accused: The Karen Read Story Premieres Saturday on Lifetime After 2025 Verdict

The film arrives after a June 2025 verdict clearing Read of homicide with a separate OUI conviction.

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.