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Karen Read Says She Will Leave Massachusetts in First Long Interview Since Acquittal

The two-part podcast offers her most detailed account of post-trial hardship, including safety fears.

Overview

  • Read told the Rotten Mango podcast she does not feel safe in Massachusetts and intends to move out of the state.
  • She cited negative experiences with law enforcement, saying she no longer feels protected by state troopers.
  • Read described ongoing financial strain, saying she sold her home, exhausted savings, has no job, and lives with her parents.
  • She said she has not earned money from documentaries or recent dramatizations of the case and has no book deal, though she discussed potential projects.
  • Civil litigation continues with a wrongful-death suit from John O’Keefe’s family and Read’s own claims, and she said she plans to launch a YouTube channel called The Read Files.