The family of a Boston police officer filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman whose murder trial in the officer’s death ended with a hung jury in July.
The civil suit, filed in Plymouth County Superior Court by relatives of John O’Keefe, also accuses two bars of wrongful death, alleging they served Read alcohol when she was already intoxicated on the night of Jan. 28, 2022.
The suit accuses Read, 44, of plowing into O’Keefe, 46, with her Lexus SUV after having had a series of drinks at C.F. McCarthy’s and Waterfall Bar & Grille.
Read claimed innocence at her criminal trial. Her defense team alleged that law enforcement officers framed her. Read could not be reached for comment Monday. The lawyer in her criminal case did not respond to a request for comment.
A person who answered the phone at C.F. McCarthy’s on Monday would not comment on the lawsuit. No one could be reached at Waterfall Bar & Grille.
The suit alleges that Read left her boyfriend for dead outside the home of a fo
