Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A woman charged with leaking grand jury information in the Karen Read murder case pleaded guilty, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.
Jessica Leslie, 34, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court Monday to a charge of criminal contempt. The charge accused her of willfully disobeying court rules against disclosure of grand jury information, the DOJ said. Her plea agreement said she would serve one night in jail, which she already has served, and have two years of post-release monitoring. She is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 26.
Leslie served on the grand jury as part of the investigation into Read, who was acquitted of murder in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe.
Federal prosecutors said that between Aug. 11, 2022, and March 4, 2024, Leslie gave "sealed information to unauthorized individuals, including the names of various witnesses appearing before a federal grand jury, the substance of witness testimony and other evidence presented to the grand jury."
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