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\u201cI\u2019m back for a reason\u2026we\u2019re considering all options. Nothing is off the table,\u201d Jackson said, noting the team is weighing both state and federal actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read opened up about her life following the verdict, describing it as far from what she anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She noted she has endured profound personal losses, including the career she built at Fidelity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat job was not just a job, that was my career, and I still miss it.\u201d Read said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Karen<\/a>
Karen Read vowed to fight back against those she says framed her after she was acquitted in the death of her boyfriend Boston police officer John O\u2019Keefe.David McGlynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Read added she also lost her home, which she had to sell during the course of her two trials, and her Lexus SUV, which remains in the possession of prosecutors as evidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even her independence, she said, was stripped away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t driven in four years\u2026I was in a prison of the making of the Massachusetts State Police and DA\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite these setbacks, she said she is focusing on what truly matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reed is now living with her parents<\/a>, whom she called \u201cthe strongest people I know,\u201d and said she cherishes every day with them after fearing she wouldn\u2019t survive to see them post-acquittal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel lucky. I\u2019ve lost a lot, but I still have what\u2019s most important. My parents are in their late 70s, and I\u2019m grateful they\u2019re still here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Karen<\/a>
Karen Read reacts as the final verdicts in her murder trial are read at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S. June 18, 2025.via REUTERS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jackson argued Reed endured \u201cdouble jeopardy\u201d after being tried twice on the same allegations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe was jailed twice. Twice too many times\u2026and both times jurors determined there was no collision,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also blasted Boston officer Kelly Dever, a prosecution witness, accusing her of either lying or having \u201cfalse memories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow could she reasonably be a police officer going forward?\u201d he asked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for O\u2019Keefe\u2019s death, Jackson said bluntly, \u201cJohn O\u2019Keefe\u2019s killer or killers have yet to be brought to justice. I fear that is never going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Karen<\/a>
Karen Read gestures to her supporters outside Norfolk County Superior Court after she was acquitted in June.David McGlynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Both Read and Jackson reserved some of their strongest criticism for Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor Christ\u2019s sake\u2026the community doesn\u2019t want you. They just don\u2019t,\u201d Jackson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about reports that actress Elizabeth Banks would portray her in an upcoming Amazon limited series, Read admitted she was surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not authorized by me in any way. I\u2019ve never spoken to her. This is my story to tell,\u201d Read said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Karen Reed\u2019s story to tell, not Hollywood\u2019s to invent,\u201d Jackson echoed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead, Read said her plans remain uncertain, but she is determined to tell her story in her own words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t always know what\u2019s next,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I do want to write a book. There\u2019s so much more people need to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Read's<\/a>
Read\u2019s supporters stand across from Norfolk County Superior Court after the verdict.David McGlynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For now, she is focusing on reclaiming her life, with the prospect of a high-stakes civil case looming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing is off the table,\u201d Jackson repeated. \u201cNo one is off the table.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read faced multiple charges, including murder, in connection with the January 29, 2022, death of her boyfriend at the time, John O\u2019Keefe, a Boston police officer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prosecutors claimed she mowed him with her Lexus SUV and left him to die in a blizzard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, her defense maintained she never hit him, argued that the police investigation was flawed, and suggested another party was responsible. After a mistrial, jurors the second time around found her not guilty of all homicide-related charges and found her guilty of driving under the influence of liquor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, police charged her with drunken driving manslaughter and fleeing the scene. Prosecutors later secured an indictment for the more serious charge of second-degree murder. Ultimately, jurors cleared her of all of those allegations but determined that she had consumed alcohol before driving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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