Karen Read sues witnesses she argues framed her for John O’Keefe’s murder

Karen Read has sued onlookers from her murder incident who she argues framed her for the killing of John O Keefe and are truly involved in her Boston police officer boyfriend s death Read and her defense company have filed a civil complaint in Bristol Superior Court against observers they point to as third parties for O Keefe s death and members of the Massachusetts State Police involved in the murder study The complaint comes months after a jury in Norfolk County acquitted Read of the Boston cop s murder For three and a half years the complaint states Plaintiff Karen Read was wrongly accused of homicide and subjected to suspicion arrest two prosecutions and community condemnation all resulting from the gross misconduct of the Massachusetts State Police and those working in tandem with the MSP to shield from liability the party or parties responsible for the death of Boston Police Officer John O Keefe III Now after being acquitted of all charges relating to Mr O Keefe s death the complaint continues Ms Read brings this action to recover for and address the actions of those definitely involved in Mr O Keefe s death and the law enforcement officers who abjectly failed to ensure that justice was sought and served in the aftermath of January Read s attorneys Damon Seligson and Alan Jackson reiterate an argument presented in Read s two criminal trials That other parties inside Brian and Nicole Albert s home at Fairview Road in Canton killed O Keefe The complaint targets Brian and Nicole Albert Matthew and Jennifer McCabe and Brian Higgins as being involved in killing O Keefe Read was indicted in June on charges of second-degree murder motor truck manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision causing O Keefe s death She was tried twice first in which ended in a mistrial and then in a second trial which ended this past June when a jury acquitted her on all the indicted charges She was convicted of drunk driving Karen Read did not kill her then-boyfriend Mr O Keefe the freshly filed civil complaint states Rather in the early morning hours of January th Mr O Keefe was killed in Defendants Brian and Nicole Albert s home in an altercation during a late-night house party with other Defendants after a night of heavy drinking The House Defendants responsible for Mr O Keefe s death specific of whom had professional experience with police investigations concocted a plan promptly after the altercation to avoid culpability and to frame Karen Read the complaint continues The argument is also the same as the one covered in the wrongful death civil suit that the O Keefe family has filed in Plymouth Superior Court against Read Her defense attorneys pointed to the third parties in September Michael Proctor the lead MSP investigator in O Keefe s murder who has since been fired and lost an appeal to regain his job MSP Sgt Yuriy Bukhenik and MSP Lt Brian Tully are also being sued in the new civil complaint From the beginning the complaint states investigators from the MSP allowed the House Defendants to direct the analysis away from themselves and towards Ms Read