Karen Read Lands Lucrative Book Deal While Witnesses Face Continued Harassment After Acquittal

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES: Life is moving connected for each nan cardinal players isolated from John O'Keefe's family aft a Massachusetts assemblage recovered his erstwhile woman Karen Read not blameworthy of each homicide-related charges successful his decease extracurricular a midnight location statement during a blizzard connected Jan. 29, 2022.

O'Keefe's niece and nephew, who he took successful aft their parents died, are orphaned for a 2nd time.

Read has a book woody – and a TV bid astir her saga successful nan works. But she's besides facing a wrongful decease lawsuit, which requires a lesser modular of guilt to clasp her liable. Her civilian squad revenge a mobility to disregard earlier this week.

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Karen Read exits Norfolk County Superior Court successful Dedham, Massachusetts, connected June 18, 2025. Read was recovered not blameworthy of nan execution of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)

An extracurricular investigation by the FBI recovered nary alternate suspects and dispelled allegations of corruption leveled astatine section and authorities police. But prosecutors and investigators who led nan lawsuit are facing a reckoning.

The Albert family, erstwhile owners of nan spot wherever Read and 2 different women recovered O'Keefe dormant nether a expanse of snow, conscionable celebrated a wedding. 

Jennifer McCabe, a cardinal witnesser successful some of Read's tests and 1 of nan women pinch Read that morning, is nan caller bride's aunt. 

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Retired Boston Police Officer Brian Albert successful Portsmouth, New Hampshire, June 28, 2025. Albert attends his girl Caitlin’s wedding aft Karen Read’s acquittal successful nan proceedings for Officer John O’Keefe’s death. (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)

At nan wedding, attendees sounded successful to prosecute backstage information aft Read's supporters allegedly circulated nan venue online. Local constabulary made their beingness known, too. A marked SUV was parked astatine nan ft of nan religion steps.

Kerry Roberts, a friend of O'Keefe's who was besides coming pinch McCabe and Read erstwhile they recovered his body, told Fox News Digital she is among nan witnesses facing an ongoing harassment campaign, on pinch nan Alberts, nan McCabes and O'Keefe's contiguous family.

Jennifer McCabe successful Portsmouth, New Hampshire, June 28, 2025. McCabe attends retired detective Brian Albert’s daughter’s wedding aft Karen Read’s acquittal successful nan proceedings for Officer John O’Keefe’s death. (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)

"I don't cognize why they're making Jen McCabe a villain," she said successful a telephone interview. "All she did was reply nan aforesaid telephone telephone I did. Karen called her. She didn't telephone Karen. It's truthful stupid and bizarre."

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The victim's mother, Peggy O'Keefe, is dealing pinch harassment of her own, including a female seen dancing connected video astatine nan ft of her driveway aft Read's acquittal.

Roberts said nan Norfolk District Attorney's Office told her to extremity contacting their witnesser advocator aft nan trial, moreover arsenic strangers proceed to propulsion things astatine her house, telephone her family "murderers" successful nan supermarket and mock her children.

"We put our a--es connected nan statement for 3 and a half years, 2 trials, to thief nan authorities of Massachusetts, and you're not going to thief america erstwhile we're being harassed?" she said. "It's not worthy it to put my family done ever again, and not beryllium protected astatine all. It's sick. It's perfectly sick."

Peggy O'Keefe, mother of execution unfortunate John O'Keefe, arrives astatine Norfolk County Superior Court for nan Karen Read trial, June 10, 2025. (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)

There's an ongoing witnesser intimidation lawsuit against Aidan Kearney, a Canton blogger who goes by nan sanction Turtleboy, but while Roberts is not 1 of his alleged victims, she says she faces rude comments and different harassment from random members of nan community.

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Witness Kerry Roberts emotionally describes nan injuries to John O'Keefe she saw successful nan infirmary successful Norfolk Superior Court connected April 23, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

After shot games, kids connected nan squad opposing her boy mightiness show him "Free Karen Read" while lining up to shingle hands, she said. She revenge a title against her mailman, who allegedly muttered a vulgarity into her doorbell camera erstwhile he saw a "Justice for John O'Keefe" motion astatine her house. Now personification other delivers her letters.

"My connection to group is don't ever beryllium a witness," she said. "If this happens to you, you're not gonna beryllium protected astatine all."

DEFENSE HAMMERS 'RIDICULOUS' EVIDENCE IN KAREN READ CLOSING, SAYS CASE IS 'COOKED'

Alan Jackson takes his car for a rotation successful Los Angeles, Friday, July 4, 2025. The lawyer precocious secured a not-guilty verdict for his customer Karen Read. (Fox News Digital)

Read's lead defense lawyer Alan Jackson returned to Los Angeles successful clip for nan Fourth of July holiday, wherever he was seen cruising successful a Shelby Cobra replica – powered by a 351 Stroker he described arsenic "a fire-breathing dragon."

"[It's] taking a while to travel down," he told Fox News Digital. "But I'm slow getting backmost into my rhythm."

He already has different deadly clang lawsuit lined up – nan defense of Fraser Bohm, a 22-year-old from Malibu facing 4 counts of execution successful a high-speed wreck that killed 4 sorority girls from Pepperdine University successful October 2023.

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Alan Jackson takes his car for a rotation successful Los Angeles, July 4, 2025. (Fox News Digital)

Bohm is owed backmost successful tribunal adjacent period aft Jackson asked for much clip to prep a defense for his caller client.

Michael Proctor, a erstwhile homicide detective pinch nan Massachusetts State Police, mislaid his occupation but whitethorn still resurface successful nan upcoming execution proceedings of Brian Walshe – who is accused of sidesplitting his woman Ana extracurricular Boston. 

Her remains person not been found. Proctor worked that case, too, and Walshe's lawyers person based on his beingness tainted nan investigation. That proceedings is scheduled to footwear disconnected successful October.

Former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor takes nan guidelines during Karen Read's first execution proceedings astatine Norfolk Superior Court connected June 10, 2024.  (Kayla Bartkowski/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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State constabulary fired Proctor aft he sent lewd texts astir Read to his friends – officially faulting him for sharing rule enforcement delicate accusation pinch civilians – and for drinking connected nan job.

His erstwhile supervisor, Yuri Bukhenik, was besides reassigned successful nan aftermath of Read's 2nd proceedings retired of nan homicide portion successful Norfolk County and to an administrative station successful Boston, according to Boston 25.

Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik, of nan Massachusetts State Police, is questioned by defense lawyer Alan Jackson during nan execution retrial of Karen Read successful Norfolk Superior Court, May 12, 2025. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Read's defense alleged a cover-up by authorities and section police, alternately insinuating they sewage lazy successful nan investigation and grounded to do a thorough occupation aliases outright framed her.

Hank Brennan, nan high-powered defense lawyer hired arsenic a typical charismatic to lead Read's 2nd trial, reportedly raked successful much than $550,000 for his work, according to nan Boston Herald.

Special charismatic Hank Brennan walks during a luncheon break from nan Norfolk County Superior Court, May 20, 2025. (Hans Pennink for Fox News Digital)

That's a reasonable sum for a backstage lawyer, said retired Massachusetts judge and Boston College rule professor Jack Lu, but besides overmuch much than a lawman territory lawyer connected nan authorities payroll would person made: "Probably $130,000 annually." 

Brennan put successful agelong days and apt worked done weekends, while keeping his backstage believe unfastened astatine nan aforesaid time, he added.

Karen Read signs to supporters arsenic she leaves Norfolk Superior Court, June 17, 2025. (Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)

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And while successful a rare nationalist statement he slammed nan prevalence of witnesser intimidation and apologized for not securing a conviction, O'Keefe's supporters indicated they admit his activity connected nan case.

"The assemblage excavation was wholly tainted is each I tin say," Roberts told Fox News Digital. "Hank did truthful overmuch work. He was a genius. He really was. Nobody could’ve gotten it done. Which is wicked sad."