A photo of Karen Readlawyer of Alan Jackson hugging her tightly from behind is as innocent as her fans believe her to be in her murder case… at least according to people in Karen’s inner circle.
The photo, taken outside a Smith & Wollensky restaurant in Boston, has created a huge stir around the high-profile case since it was taken on June 27. The jury was in the middle of deliberating… deciding whether Karen had actually murdered her police officer boyfriend. John O’Keefe.
When you kill your boyfriend because he doesn’t want you and his friend doesn’t want you, you do the obvious thing and have an affair with your married lawyer. Does Dave know?@Boston Defender ?#KarenRead She seems pretty “free” to me #FKR #JohnOKeefe #goomar photo.twitter.com/Vbr47B0DfR
— Trollhollomio (@trollhollomio) June 28, 2024
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But a source close to Karen tells TMZ … the image is being taken out of context because it was actually an innocent moment of celebration — and there was “nothing more to it than joking around.”
We’re told that Alan, Karen and friends — including Alan’s co-counsel David Yannetti — they had dinner at the restaurant… and were feeling good about the case, since the jury had already been deliberating for 3 days at that point.
According to the source… 10 minutes before the photo was taken, everyone was inside the restaurant and Jackson came up behind Yannetti and gave her a similar hug, but also gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Of course, as it turned out, they had good reason to celebrate… a few days later, the jury returned deadlocked, and the judge declared a mistrial. Prosecutors have vowed to try Karen again… but for now, she’s a free woman.