"Silence is no longer an option. It is time to stand up. Financial support is needed to defend the truth." Accused of framing Karen Read for murder and now gearing up for a lengthy court battle, several witnesses from the high-profile case are appealing to the public for help clearing their names. "We stayed silent, trusting the justice system to correct the record and protect the witnesses who cooperated in good faith. It hasn't,"
Still hounded by conspiracy theories months after Karen Read 's acquittal, several witnesses from the high-profile murder case are denouncing Read's coverup claims as "a vile work of fiction." The "outlandish" frame job allegations were part of Read's "scheme to defame and wrongly malign" prosecution witnesses and evade responsibility for the death of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, lawyers for Brian and Nicole Albert, Jennifer and Matthew McCabe, and Brian Higgins argue in a new brief recently served on Read's legal team.
At the end of the day, the simple sadness of this case is that you've got John O'Keefe, who died tragically, and the family of John O'Keefe doesn't have answers, and they've focused the spotlight, we believe, on the wrong person.
Prosecutors spent more than $1.4 million retrying Karen Read for the murder of Boston police officer John O'Keefe, more than 25 times the cost of Read's first trial, newly released public records show. Read was accused of striking O'Keefe, her boyfriend, with her SUV in a drunken rage while dropping him off at an afterparty in Canton in January of 2022. Read was found not guilty of second degree murder in June and was convicted only of operating under the influence.
Retired state Superior Court Judge Jack Lu stated that the jury's verdict was a stunning win for the defense, noting that OUI rarely results in jail time for first-time offenders.
