By Michael P. Desronvil, the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, said he didn’t have “any doubts” during the combative, dayslong deliberations that ended in a mistrial earlier this month, according to a statement from his lawyer.
“I didn’t have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence presented,” Desronvil said in a statement posted to X by his attorney, Edward Andrew Paltzik.
“Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that she (Clancy) knew exactly what she was doing and planned,” he said.
Paltzik said his client would not be giving interviews or speaking further about what happened in the Massachusetts courtroom.
“While I appreciate and respect the numerous understandable media requests that have poured in this evening regarding our American Hero and Champion of Justice, he will not be giving any interviews at this time,” Paltzik, said in a post on X. “None. Zero.”
Paltzik added that he, too, would not be giving interviews.
Desronvil, however, gave an off-camera interview to the host of streaming series “Fugitive TV,” Ray Marcel, which was posted to YouTube Thursday.
As deliberations in the triple murder trial unfolded over several days, it became increasingly clear that the 12-person jury — nine women and three men — would not reach a unanimous verdict.
The foreperson issued deadlock notices to Massachusetts Superior Court Judge William Sullivan twice before telling the court that one juror was not following the reasonable-doubt standard and was blocking a unanimous decision.
Sullivan sent jurors back to deliberate once. When they returned deadlocked for a third time, he declared a mistrial on Sept. 4.
“We are focused entirely on his health, safety, and well-being,” Paltzik said in the statement Desronvil. “There will be a time for accountability and a time for the real story of the Lindsay Clancy Trial to be told. But not right now.”
The jury was tasked with deciding whether Clancy was guilty of murdering her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, by strangling them with exercise bands Jan. 24, 2023.
Her defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued she was in psychosis at the time of the killings, brought on by postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors countered that Clancy was not in psychosis, that she knew what she was doing and that she had planned the murders in advance.
Clancy’s then-husband, Patrick Clancy, and his new wife, Dr. Rachel Danis, are set to speak publicly about the case for the first time Sunday on “60 Minutes.” Online sleuths and true-crime commentators following the broadcast trial had peddled conspiracy theories that Patrick Clancy actually killed the children and framed his wife.
While the prosecution was gunning for a first-degree murder conviction, the jury could have also convicted Clancy of lesser charges — second-degree murder or manslaughter — or deemed her not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility.
At least five other jurors have since spoken out and described hostility and disinterest from Desronvil on social media.
Three women on the jury — including the foreperson — told NBC Boston that 11 of the jurors agreed to find Clancy not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility. Desronvil wanted to convict, they revealed, but admitted he expressed doubt in the prosecution’s case.
Nick Dargie, one of the three men on the jury, told “Good Morning America” that Desronvil was often disengaged and scrolling on his phone during deliberations.
In the interview, Dargie acknowledged that it’s fair for someone to have a differing opinion from the group but said this particular juror would not engage and could not “find something to support his view.”
Another female juror who spoke to WBZ-TV of Boston anonymously chalked it up to someone who couldn’t let go of his convictions.
But Desronvil said that wasn’t true, according to the social media statement Paltzik posted.
Paltzik asked that no one contact Desronvil and that the public “respect his dignity, humanity, and privacy.”
“Stay away from his home, stop calling him, and don’t even think about deciphering his location,” Paltzik said in the statement.
Paltzik said he and his client “look forward to sharing more information in the coming days on an appropriate timeline.”
Prosecutors for the commonwealth of Massachusetts must now decide whether to retry Clancy. Reddington has filed a motion to drop the charges, and the next hearing is scheduled for Sept. 29.
This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com.
