Karen Read Pursues 2 Civil Lawsuits After Acquittal, Says She Gets Free Meals Across Massachusetts
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 5
Karen Read Pursues 2 Civil Lawsuits After Acquittal, Says She Gets Free Meals Across Massachusetts
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 5
Summary
Karen Read said on NBC's "Today" that life after her acquittal has brought broad public support, including free meals and discounts in Boston, across Massachusetts and while traveling.
Still out of work, Read said her professional license has not been restored and that she is now focused on the case again with civil lawyers after being cleared of homicide-related charges.
Those lawsuits target the Massachusetts State Police and Canton Police Department, alleging investigators tried to frame her and exposing what attorney Alan Jackson called institutional corruption.
Read also faces a wrongful-death suit from John O'Keefe's family and said she had nothing to say to them after years of interaction.
Prosecutors tried Read twice over O'Keefe's January 2022 death in a blizzard; the first jury deadlocked, while the second acquitted her on homicide counts and convicted her only of drunken driving.