Rising from his seat to address the court, attorney Damon Seligson kept a neutral and measured tone that belied an explosive message: His client, Karen Read , plans to sue the investigators and witnesses who had her pegged for murder.

The Sept. 22 announcement opened a new chapter of Read’s complicated legal saga and thrust Seligson — the lead attorney for her civil matters — into the spotlight of one of the most high-profile Massachusetts cases in recent memory.

He said in an interview that rather than staying on the defensive, Read will be “pushing forward” with the facts and evidence surrounding the January 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. The civil case already has many moving parts, between Read’s affirmative claims and the wrongful death lawsuit

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