Karen Read filed a lawsuit against eight men and women who testified against her in either or both of her criminal trials, claiming the defendants conspired to frame her for the January 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe.

Read sued in state court, claiming civil rights violations.

However in paperwork filed Tuesday, five of those eight defendants, Brian and Nicole Albert, Brian Higgins, and Jennifer McCabe, argue the case should be heard in federal court.

A former federal prosecutor said the move makes sense for both sides.

“Federal courts are more familiar with these statutes than state courts are because they’re all federal violations that she’s accusing these individuals of, of defaming her and violating her civil rights,” said Even Gotlob, a former feder

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