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Karen Read Seeks To Trim O’Keefe Family Suit, Plans Counterclaims Targeting State Police and Witnesses

The judge said the expanded case makes a 2027 trial more likely.

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Karen Read departs Norfolk Superior Court following a day of jury selection, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor'easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Read hugs her parents Janet and William after the verdict is read in Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
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Overview

  • At a Plymouth Superior Court hearing, Read’s attorneys moved to dismiss the plaintiffs’ emotional-distress claims, arguing the family lacked legal standing because they did not witness the incident.
  • Plaintiffs countered that Read caused severe emotional harm, citing her public statements, alleged misinformation campaign, and remarks to O’Keefe’s teenage niece the morning before his body was found.
  • Read’s team announced plans to sue and seek to join about 10 additional parties, including the Massachusetts State Police, three investigators, Brian and Nicole Albert, Matthew and Jennifer McCabe, Brian Higgins, and the Town of Canton and its police department, alleging civil-rights violations, civil conspiracy, and negligence.
  • The O’Keefe family’s lawyers opposed expanding the case, Judge Daniel O’Shea called the move extraordinary, said he will rule on dismissal motions soon, and set a Nov. 21 status hearing.
  • The wrongful-death suit—also naming Canton bars C.F. McCarthy’s and the Waterfall Bar & Grille—seeks at least $50,000, proceeds under a lower civil burden of proof, and follows Read’s June acquittals on major charges and a misdemeanor OUI conviction with probation.