PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) The family of the police officer boyfriend Karen Read is accused of killing by hitting him with her vehicle and leaving him to die in the snow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her and two bars where they had been drinking that night.

The lawsuit blames the death of John OKeefe on Read, and also on what it describes as the bars negligence by continuing to serve drinks to her despite signs she was drunk. It says the first bar served her seven alcoholic drinks in about 90 minutes the night of Jan. 28, 2022, and that Read carried the last drink into the second bar, where she was served a shot and a mixed alcoholic drink within an hour.

The lawsuit doesnt say how much alcohol OKeefe was served that night before he got into Reads SUV.

The lawsuit filed Monday in Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts by Paul OKeefe on behalf of his family and his brothers estate names Read, the Waterfall Bar & Grill and C.F. McCarthys as defendants. It asks for a jury trial.

Calls to Reads lawyers seeking comment on the civil suit werent immediately returned on Tuesday. A person who answered the phone at the Waterfall said the owners were unavailable, and another at C.F. McCarthys declined comment.