Karen Read
New No-Holds-Barred Doc Dives Into Retrial Prep
… Accused of Murdering Boston Cop BF
Published
Investigation Discovery
Karen Read is on the middle of a brand new documentary sequence providing intimate entry as she and her authorized group gear up for her retrial within the dying of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe — and TMZ has your unique first have a look at Tuesday’s upcoming episode.
In Investigation Discovery’s “A Body within the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read,” Karen opens up her Mansfield, Massachusetts house to cameras and questions, insisting the allegations in opposition to her don’t add up.
Prosecutors allege in 2022, Read acquired right into a heated drunken argument with O’Keefe earlier than backing up and hitting him along with her SUV, killing him … then fleeing the scene, leaving him to die in a pal’s snow-covered entrance yard.
Read has at all times insisted she’s harmless, and her group claims she was framed — saying John acquired right into a battle along with his fellow officers that evening they usually pinned his dying on her.
Karen’s first trial led to a mistrial final yr … the jury voted to acquit her on second-degree homicide and fleeing the scene — however deadlocked 9-3 in favor of convicting her on vehicular manslaughter.
The new docuseries dives into Karen’s upcoming April retrial, the investigation, her preparations, and the encompassing theories — that includes key figures and an inside have a look at her mindset throughout 2024’s trial. Read’s dealing with fees of second-degree homicide, motorcar manslaughter whereas driving beneath the affect, and leaving the scene of a collision inflicting dying.
There’s loads to unpack, so the five-episode ID docuseries, which kicked off tonight, is being rolled out over three nights, all out there to stream on Max.