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Accused: The Karen Read Story
Production Info

Character: Karen Read

Directed by: Linda-Lisa Hayter

Written by: Richard Blaney And Gregory Small

Cast Members: Luke Humphrey, Sebastien Roberts, Kaare Anderson and Kurt Evans

Released date: January 10, 2026

Genre: Drama

Duration: 1h 28m

When police officer John O'Keefe is found dead, his girlfriend, Karen Read, is charged in connection with his death. What begins as a shocking tragedy quickly ignites a firestorm that captures national attention.
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Additional Info

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Trivia & Facts

• Katie had just 72 hours to decide to take the part.
• Katie was not familiar with the story of Karen Read so to get into character, Cassidy deeply researched the case, read public court information, and tried to adopt Read's perspective
• This marks the second movie both Katie Cassidy and Ryan Robbins have been in, the other was 2013's "Kill For Me"
• The movie was filmed very fast with it taking only one month.
• Katie has not meet Karen but hope's she thinks she did a good job playing her and that they can meet one day.

Script developed by Never Enough Design
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