""Based on a true story, Accused: The Karen Read Story is an unrelenting pursuit of justice in order to clear Karen's name as the trials fracture the tight-knit Massachusetts town of Canton," a Lifetime description reads. "Karen's story is one of resilience, integrity, and the growing movement of supporters rallying behind her." "Accused: The Karen Read Story" is produced by A New England Road and Front Street Pictures for Lifetime."
"Prosecutors alleged Read drunkenly backed into O'Keefe with her SUV while dropping him off at a house party in January 2022, ultimately charging her with second-degree murder. However, Read and her lawyers offered a far more sordid theory: that O'Keefe was beaten after entering the Canton home, attacked by the homeowner's dog, and left for dead on the snowy front lawn."
"Karen Read is getting the movie treatment next month with the release of a new ripped-from-the-headlines Lifetime flick, "Accused: The Karen Read Story." Debuting Jan. 10, the movie stars Katie Cassidy as Read and Luke Humphrey as her late boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe. The Lifetime adaptation is one of several in the works, and the first to dramatize Read's case outside of a docuseries."
Lifetime will premiere Accused: The Karen Read Story on Jan. 10, starring Katie Cassidy as Karen Read and Luke Humphrey as Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe. Prosecutors alleged Read drunkenly backed into O'Keefe with her SUV while dropping him off at a house party in January 2022, leading to second-degree murder charges. Read's defense argued that O'Keefe was beaten inside a Canton home, attacked by a homeowner's dog, and left on the snowy front lawn. A 2024 mistrial and subsequent retrial ended with a June acquittal on murder and manslaughter charges. Gregory Small and Richard Blaney wrote the script and Linda-Lisa Hayter directed.
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