Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox was asked Thursday for the first time about references to him and his department during testimony in the Karen Read trial.

Michael Cox answered questions about Karen Read on Thursday, specifically about one of his officers who testified in the Mansfield woman’s high-profile murder retrial.

Invoices show Brennan’s firm, Brennan & Associates, billed the Norfolk district attorney’s office $566,000 between September 2024 and the trial's conclusion last month.

Special prosecutor Hank Brennan was paid around $550,000 for the Karen Read retrial. WBZ-TV's Breana Pitts has Friday's top stories.

Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor in Karen Read's second trial, was paid more than half a million dollars in legal fees alone.

Karen Read is asking for a Massachusetts court to dismiss the civil lawsuit filed against her by the family of Boston police officer John O'Keefe, who she was acquitted of killing last month.O'Keefe's family filed the wrongful death lawsuit against Read and two Canton bars in August 2024 in Plymouth Superior Court.

A notice of Karen Read’s dismissal motion was filed in Plymouth Superior Court on Wednesday, according to legal filings.