The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial says other jurors kept cellphones during deliberations and may have posted on social media, according to a NewsNation report. Defense counsel has asked Judge William Sullivan to review the juror's phone metadata and to question him about possible outside information. Clancy, who admitted killing her three children but whose defense argued postpartum psychosis, remains scheduled to return to court on Sept. 29 after a mistrial was declared Sept. 4.
Holdout Juror Alleges Fellow Jurors Brought Phones Into Lindsay Clancy Deliberations, May Have Posted Online
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The long-running trial of Lindsay Clancy has produced new, troubling allegations after the jury declared a mistrial. A spokesperson for juror Michael P. Desronvil, 48, says several jurors had their cellphones with them during deliberations and that some may have posted on social media while deliberations were underway.
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NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin published a video report on September 22 relaying the claims. Spokesperson Ray Marcel told the Daily Mail, 'Everybody had their phones on them… there were jurors who were posting on social media, allegedly, while deliberations were going on.' Marcel added that he did not know whether phones had been permitted in the jury room, but that they were not taken away.
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Defense Requests Phone Review
Days after these allegations surfaced, Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, filed a motion asking Judge William Sullivan to examine Desronvil's phone records. The motion seeks a review of phone metadata from the deliberation period and requests that Desronvil be questioned about whether he used his phone or received outside information during deliberations.
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Juror Role And Case Background
Desronvil was the lone holdout when the jury reported an 11-1 deadlock after seven days of deliberations; Judge Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4. Desronvil has since said he 'didn't have any doubts' that prosecutors had proven Clancy knew what she was doing, according to the Globe.
Clancy, 36, has acknowledged killing her three children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months — at the family home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. Prosecutors argued she understood her actions were wrong, while the defense said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and therefore not criminally responsible.
Public Reaction And Next Steps
Clancy is scheduled to return to court on September 29. Prosecutors have not announced whether they will retry the case. Her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, told '60 Minutes' that he believes mental illness contributed to the tragedy and that he has forgiven Lindsay — though he said forgiveness does not mean he opposes legal consequences.
Reporting sources include NewsNation, Daily Mail, NBC10 Boston, Court TV, The Globe and 60 Minutes.
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