Prosecutors claim Karen Read ‘clipped’ her cop boyfriend. She insists she was framed

On January 29, 2022, John O’Keefe was found unresponsive in the snow, "I hit him. I hit him," Karen Read proclaimed as paramedics desperately tried to save his live, prosecutors say. The state spent most of Tuesday detailing its allegations that Read murdered her cop boyfriend in a fit of rage. It's an argument they tried before, they are now trying again.

Read, however, maintains it’s a vast conspiracy and she is being framed.

The accused-murderer-turned-true-crime star was back in court for the start of her retrial on second-degree murder, motor vehicular manslaughter, and leaving the scene of a collision causing death charges.

Read’s first trial resulted in a mistrial - and now her second trial is expected to last six to eight weeks. Opening statements began Tuesday morning, with both the prosecution and the defense vowing to use “facts, science and data” to prove their cases.

The prosecution painted Read as an angry girlfriend who rammed into her boyfriend after a long night of heavy drinking. The defense claimed Read had nothing to do with his death and she was framed by others, including ...
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