Karen Learn’s mother and father stated they now not dwell in worry that their infamous daughter may spend the remainder of her life behind bars now that she’s been acquitted of killing her Boston cop boyfriend John O’Keefe.
Invoice and Janet Learn are lastly in a position to breathe a sigh of aid greater than three years after their daughter was accused of hanging her 46-year-old boyfriend along with her Lexus SUV in a drunken stupor and leaving him for useless outdoors a Canton, Mass., home get together in January 2022.
“Coming to grips with the thought, that worry that we may lose Karen to incarceration given the fees is now gone, that worry has abated,” Invoice advised WBZ-TV, explaining that he and his spouse hadn’t mentally ready for a responsible verdict.
“We all the time stated let’s not go too far out in our ideas, let’s hold daily,” Janet stated.
“We really feel like we should always understand how we really feel however we don’t.”
The monetary analyst was solely convicted of drunk driving Wednesday, dodging extra critical expenses like second-degree homicide and manslaughter in her second trial within the high-profile case.
Karen Learn’s first trial, which drew nationwide consideration and was riddled with controversy, led to a mistrial.
The grateful mother and father, who had been within the courtroom on a regular basis, stated they drew their energy from their 45-year-old daughter, praising her because the protection’s “fifth lawyer” for relentlessly chasing down each lead.
“She’s decided, she’s centered, very vivid, she bought us by means of this,” Invoice advised the outlet, including that the homicide case’s notoriety and “dehumanizing” feedback from spectators pressured them to dwell a extra secluded life.
“From at the present time ahead, we acknowledge we’re lucky however we had been blessed by the almighty that this, we had been in a position to have this and now it’s crucial that others need assistance, that we are able to converse out.”
The supportive mother and father additionally admitted that their lives — and their daughter’s — won’t ever be the identical after the years-long courtroom spectacle, however stated they’re now centered on getting again to regular.
Janet hopes her daughter will channel her wit and expertise into writing a ebook.
“She’s a wonderful author, she’s all the time been,” Janet stated.
“I all the time thought she ought to go into journalism and he or she wished finance.”
