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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — A made-for-TV biopic about the Karen Read case is hitting the small screen on Saturday night, and Massachusetts residents have a myriad of thoughts about it.
"Accused: The Karen Read Story" is set to be shown on the cable channel Lifetime.
Read was accused of hitting her then-boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow outside a home in Canton in 2022. Her first murder trial in 2024 ended in a mistrial.
During her second trial in 2025, Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter, and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. She was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence.
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The film plans to depict the real-life events, while also offering a behind-the-scenes look at what happened during the proceedings.
“It would definitely be interesting, and it would open my eyes to what the trial was about,” a local man said.
When asked if he thinks the movie will be real facts or just be a dramatization, he said that “depending on the route that the director takes, I'm sure that there will be a bunch of information that will help me understand what happened.”
But some locals just aren't interested in the dramatic retelling.
“We saw the real events,” one man said. “They're just going to Hollywoodize it.”
WBZ NewsRadio’s Chris Fama (CFamaWBZ) reports.