Overview
- Attorneys for Jen and Matt McCabe, Brian and Nicole Albert, and Brian Higgins filed a brief calling Read’s framing narrative a “vile work of fiction.”
- The brief says the group intends to sue Read and blogger Aidan Kearney for defamation, though no complaint has been filed or dated.
- The witnesses signal procedural steps that include motions to dismiss, potential removal to federal court, and counterclaims for defamation and other torts.
- Read’s team is pursuing separate civil claims accusing investigators and several witnesses of civil rights violations, civil conspiracy, and negligence.
- The O’Keefe family’s wrongful‑death case against Read is scheduled to return to court on Friday.