Massachusetts State Police have reached an agreement with Karen Read to pay the Mansfield woman $100,000 to settle her lawsuit with the agency.
Read, who was acquitted of murder last year in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, filed the lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police earlier this year, alleging a system-wide failure of law enforcement led to her wrongful prosecution over three years.
The lawsuit claimed negligence, civil conspiracy, and misconduct tied to the investigation into John O’Keefe’s death, claiming investigators deliberately focused on Read from the start while ignoring other possible suspects due to a “biased and predetermined” case against her…