O’Keefe’s family files wrongful death lawsuit 

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The lawsuit also names the two Canton bars where Karen Read and John O’Keefe drank the night before O’Keefe died.

Karen Read listens as her attorney Martin Weinberg made motions to dismiss two charges against her. Greg Derr/Pool

Family of deceased Boston police officer John O’Keefe files wrongful-death lawsuit Karen ReadO’Keefe’s girlfriend and alleged killer.

Read, 44, of Mansfield, is accused of drunkenly and intentionally hitting O’Keefe with his SUV after a night of bar hopping in Canton in January 2022. The high-profile case resulted in a mistrial July 1 after a deadlocked jury, and Read’s second trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 27.

Read has steadfastly maintained his innocence, claiming others were to blame for O’Keefe’s death and accusing law enforcement of orchestrating a cover-up. Still, O’Keefe’s family alleged in a civil lawsuit filed Monday in Plymouth Superior Court that Read “willfully and knowingly changed his story and fabricated a conspiracy knowing it to be false.”

The lawsuit also names CF McCarthy’s and the Waterfall Bar & Grill, the two Canton bars where the couple drank the night before O’Keefe died.

O’Keefe’s family is seeking at least $50,000 in damages. Boston.com has reached out to Read’s attorneys for comment.

This story will be updated.

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