Karen Read

The firm that will audit the police department in Canton, Massachusetts, in the wake of the Karen Read case has been selected.

The prosecution and defense in the Karen Read murder retrial have asked to push back the start of proceedings. Here’s why.

Prosecutors and the defense in the high-profile Karen Read case have filed a joint motion requesting to delay the start of her second criminal trial. In the joint motion filed Monday, the Commonwealth and Read’s team requested the start of the trial be moved back to April 1. Currently, it is scheduled to start on Jan. 27, 2025. Read is…

A judge in the civil case against Karen Read agreed to delay some discovery until after her criminal retrial.

Karen Read will not be deposed in a civil case against her until the conclusion of her second criminal trial, which is scheduled to begin in January, a judge ruled Thursday.

Ahead of her retrial, Karen Read was the subject of a two-part profile in Vanity Fair.

Part 2 of Vanity Fair’s Karen Read profile was released Wednesday morning. Here’s what we learned.

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As prosecutors prepare to retry Karen Read, the opening of a two-part profile has dropped in Vanity Fair.

The second installment in the two-part series is expected to be released on Wednesday.

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The first installment in Vanity Fair’s long-awaited profile of Karen Read dropped on Tuesday morning. Part 2 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday. Karen Read is ready to speak. This summer, after her first murder trial ended with a hung jury, Read spoke to VF about her late boyfriend John O’Keefe, and what she and her legal team...

Karen Read’s lawyers were back in the courtroom Monday seeking to delay the civil case against her.

Karen Read’s legal civil team was in court Monday, arguing a question of her Fifth Amendment rights and how her ability to defend herself could be compromised if she has to manage competing civil and criminal cases against her. The family of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, filed a wrongful death suit against Read and the two...

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Attorneys are pushing for Massachusetts’ highest court to dismiss two of the three charges against her.

A one-time girlfriend of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe shared her thoughts on the case against Karen Read in an interview with NBC’s Dateline. Lindsay Higgins says she dated O’Keefe for about six months. “He was just such a gentleman, you know, walked me home,” she told Dateline. “Just really, really kind.” She first learned of his death while...

Lindsay Higgins, who dated John O’Keefe for about six months, told NBC’s Dateline she thinks Karen Read is innocent.

The defense team in the high-profile Karen Read case submitted their response to the prosecution’s argument against dismissing some of the charges against her as both sides prepare to square off before Massachusetts’ highest court next month.

Prosecutors have charged 65-year-old Richard Schiffer Jr. with witness intimidation, harassment and littering.

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In one of the more unusual twists and turns of the Karen Read case, one of her supporters was arraigned on Wednesday, accused of placing rubber ducks on the property of people connected to the high-profile investigation. Prosecutors have charged 65-year-old Richard Schiffer Junior with witness intimidation, harassment and littering. The ducks included messages protesting the Read prosecution. Schiffer says…