Karen Read, State Police
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The former Massachusetts state trooper who was fired over his conduct in the Karen Read case called accusations that he’s corrupt and helped frame her “ridiculous,” saying in an interview ...
Karen Read faces legal battles after her murder acquittal on multiple fronts, including potential lawsuits against investigators while defending against claims from the victim's family.
Alan Jackson told the magazine that his firm would’ve billed a combined $10 million for both trials. Read's financial arrangement with her legal team hasn’t been disclosed.
Bukhenik was previously disciplined in connection with the vulgar texts one of his State Police subordinates sent about Karen Read.
Read was acquitted Wednesday of the second-degree murder charge prosecutors retried her for, accusing her of killing her boyfriend, John O’Keefe. The made-for-TV trial and retrial (now part of an HBO docuseries with a three-part Netflix film on the way) attracted a flurry of attention across the country and outside the courthouse.
Karen Read was acquitted in the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe on Wednesday, vindicating a defendant who had claimed to have been the victim of a sweeping cover-up.
A broken taillight. A dead cop. A bombshell admission. The jury is now deliberating over whether Karen Read killed John O'Keefe.
Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, who supervised the Karen Read investigation and testified in her two trials, has been reassigned.