BOSTON (Court TV) — Karen Read ‘s lawsuit against the group she says conspired to frame her for the death of her boyfriend is moving to federal court.

Karen Read listens during her trial at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, May 2, 2025. (Mark Jarret Chavous/The Enterprise via AP, Pool)

Read filed the lawsuit last week , accusing Nicole and Brian Albert, Jennifer and Matthew McCabe and Brian Higgins, collectively referred to as the “House Defendants,” of conspiring with members of the Massachusetts State Police and Canton Police Department in their investigation into John O’Keefe’s death.

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Read stood trial twice on charges that she killed O’Keefe by hitting him with her Lexus SUV and lea

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