""I thought I would just bounce back, like on a spring. It hasn't been that way," Read told "Rotten Mango" host Stephanie Soo. "I'm trying to understand why I haven't felt more celebratory, and what I think is that I lived with some very singular emotions - fright, anger, and anxiety," Read continued. "It was very intense every waking hour. Every hour, I thought about my freedom and if I could lose it. And those feelings just don't disappear when a jury foreman says, 'Not guilty.'""
"Prosecutors alleged Read backed her SUV into O'Keefe in a drunken rage following a night of bar-hopping, then left him to die on a snowy lawn in Canton. But after a 2024 mistrial and subsequent retrial, a jury found Read not guilty of all but a drunk driving misdemeanor. In the days after the jury delivered its 'not guilty' verdict, interview requests were pouring in from 'Good Morning America,' People magazine, and 'The Today Show,' Read recalled."
Karen Read gave a first in-depth interview after her 2024 retrial acquittal on charges related to the 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe. Prosecutors alleged she backed her SUV into O'Keefe after a night of bar-hopping and left him on a snowy lawn; a jury acquitted her of major charges but convicted her of a drunk driving misdemeanor. Read reports ongoing emotional fallout, saying she feels like a "fish out of water," struggles with lingering fright, anger, and anxiety, and has lost the drive that sustained her through the legal ordeal. Immediate post-verdict media interest was intense.
Read at Boston.com
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