Overview

• A jury acquitted Read of second-degree murder and manslaughter on June 18 after her second trial over the 2022 death of officer John O’Keefe.
• She was found guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence and received a year of probation.
• LBI Productions is teaming with Read and her lead defense attorney, Alan Jackson, on a yet-to-be-titled scripted project chronicling the case.
• CAA represents the film and television rights while Luke Janklow of Janklow & Nesbit is shopping publishing rights for a companion book.
• The upcoming project promises previously unreleased insights into the defense’s allegations of police misconduct and the cultural debate surrounding the trial.