Karen Read unleashes explosive lawsuit against state police, Canton police: court docs

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Defense attorneys for Karen Read, David Yannetti and Robert Alessi, speak with reporters after she was found not guilty of murder in the death of her boyfriend, Boston cop John O'Keefe. (Courtesy of WFXT) Karen Read, the Boston woman acquitted of murder stemming from the death of her police officer boyfriend, is headed back to court after she filed a new lawsuit suing the Town of Canton and the Massachusetts State Police over their alleged mishandling of the investigation. The 87-page lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital was filed in Bristol Superior Court Thursday morning and alleges "an imbedded culture of bigotry, misogyny, systemic failures, and institutional rot at the very core of both organizations." Court documents include a series of expletive-laced messages exchanged between the case’s former lead investigator, ex-Trooper Michael Proctor, a