Overview

• Karen Read's retrial for the alleged 2022 vehicular homicide of her boyfriend John O'Keefe begins next week in Norfolk Superior Court.
• Judge Beverly J. Cannone has ordered the defense to submit all billing, correspondence, and agreements related to ARCCA's crash reconstruction experts by April 18 at 5 p.m.
• Prosecutors claim Read fatally struck O'Keefe with her SUV, while the defense argues he was beaten and possibly mauled by a dog before his body was staged.
• The admissibility of expert testimony, including analyses of O'Keefe's injuries and potential dog bite marks, remains a contentious issue ahead of the trial.
• Read, who remains free on bail, also faces a wrongful death lawsuit from O'Keefe's family and has denied all charges, maintaining her innocence.