Karen Read, accused of mowing down her Boston cop boyfriend, John O’Keefe, and leaving him to die on the ground in a blizzard, told an interviewer that she would have applauded OJ Simpson’s acquittal on murder charges in the 1990s if she’d gone through the same legal battles she’s now facing, back then.

“I’m not saying I believe OJ was innocent, but I believe that it was not a completely above-board investigation,” Read, 45, told Vanity Fair in remarks published Thursday. “Now that I am smarter, I would’ve cheered at that acquittal. You have to hold cops accountable.”

When the trial came to a verdict in October 1995, she said, she thought his “dream team” of elite Los Angeles defense lawyers “all looked like snake oil salesmen.”

Karen Read arrives for jury selection for her trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Dedham, Mass.  (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

It found no evidence that Canton police had been involved in a conspiracy to frame Read, but the lead agency on the case was the Massachusetts State Police.

Proctor, the lead investigator, lost his job with the Massachusetts State Police in March after an internal review into his handling of the case kicked off following Read’s first trial. 

The disciplinary report found that he had conducted himself unprofessionally, shared confidential information with people who were not privy to law enforcement information on the case, and drunk alcohol on the job. He was not accused of concocting evidence against Read.