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, and former Canton Police Sgt.Sean Goode, and alleges widespread misconduct and negligence surrounding the probe into John O’Keefe’s 2022 death. "[S]he’s a jew…so def puts out," Goode wrote in one text, according to court documents.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERKaren Read exits Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., on June 18, 2025, after being found not guilty of the murder of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe.
(Richard Beetham for Fox News Digital)The filing also points to messages allegedly sent by Proctor, in which he referred to Read as a "retarded," "whack job c---," with "no a--." In a statement released to the media, attorneys Alan Jackson, Damon Seligson, and Aaron Rosenberg alleged the two law enforcement agencies fostered "a culture of bias and corruption that they built, tolerated, and hid from the public for years."SEND US A TIP HEREKaren Read gives John O'Keefe a kiss on the side of his head in an undated photograph.(Karen Read for Fox News Digital)"Michael Proctor and Sean Goode did not slip through the cracks; they are emblematic of the failure to responsibly exercise the trust and faith the public puts in these institutions," the attorneys added.KAREN READ 'DIDN'T DO THIS CRIME,' SAYS JURY FOREMAN AFTER ACQUITTING HER OF MURDER CHARGES: REPORTRead was acquitted of murder and manslaug...