Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is seeking the phone records of the lone juror who held out on exonerating her in the murders of her three children. During Clancy’s viral trial, Michael Péguy Desronvil triggered a hung jury when he refused to side with his 11 peers, majority female.
Lone Holdout Juror In Lindsay Clancy Case Retains Donald Trump’s Lawyer
Desronvil is a 48-year-old Haitian-American who claims he’s being targeted as a Christian and Black Republican. Desronvil’s 11 peers had all agreed that the alleged murderous mother should be found legally insane after being accused of killing her three children: Cora Clancy, Callan Clancy, and Dawson Clancy.
The trial, held in Plymouth, Massachusetts, went on for nearly six weeks. Finally, it ended following seven days of jurors deliberating and failing to agree. Desronvil’s decision to opt against exonerating Clancy, 36, has resulted in praise, but also doxxing, death threats, and harassment. He’s even had to leave his home and stay at an “undisclosed secure location” in rural New England.
But as Desronvil is being targeted, he retained Donald Trump’s attorney, Edward Andrew Paltzik, to protect him legally. As part of his strategy, Paltzik released several statements and photos of Desronvil when his daughter was born. Which he shared in an attempt to seemingly defend his stance as a father deliberating on the controversial case. Desronvil also spoke out to double down on his decision to opt against exonerating Clancy.
Lawyer For Lindsay Clancy’s Lone Holdout Juror Slams Her Attorney’s Motion To Investigate
In addition to the harassment against Desronvil, Clancy’s attorney is calling for a court to investigate the lone holdout juror. Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked Judge William Sullivan to question the juror about his “truthfulness” during the jury selection process and actions during deliberations. Clancy’s attorney has even requested Desronvil’s phone records.
Juror Nick Dargie previously told ABC News Desronvil would decline to engage with jurors during deliberations. He allegedly would scroll on his phone. Dargie said:
“There was times he wouldn’t engage, like he’d be scrolling on his phone while people are talking to him, things like that, where he’s just not paying attention.”
However, Desronvil has insisted that he’s always known his decision. He told ABC News:
“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.”
In response to Clancy’s attorney’s motion, Desronvil’s attorney is slamming it as a dangerous “looney tunes” filing.
“The Looney Tunes motion filed yesterday by Kevin ‘Shooter McGavin’ Reddington to investigate Michael is not just an attack on Michael for being the courageous lone holdout juror. Reddington’s motion is actually a full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution. Because if the new normal is that jurors are going to face brutal reprisals for disagreeing with a defense attorney, you can kiss the Sixth Amendment goodbye. To anyone who thinks that Reddington’s motion is OK, just remember that the tables will inevitably turn. Imagine a similar trial sometime in the not too distant future where it is the reverse scenario: 11-1 in favor of guilty, with one holdout favoring not guilty by reason of insanity. I doubt you folks would be alright if the District Attorney then filed a motion to investigate that lone holdout standing in the way of a conviction. That’s why this is actually not a partisan issue. Really, this is a ‘do we still want to have a Sixth Amendment’ issue. If you are like me and believe steadfastly in the Constitution, it’s easy to see how, regardless of your party affiliation, this is an absolutely terrible path of ruin Reddington wants to take us down. If we follow his destructive proposal to its logical conclusion, we’re going to have an endless cycle of prosecutors investigating holdouts who oppose ‘guilty’ and defense attorneys investigating holdouts who oppose ‘not guilty.’ Pretty soon we’ll end up with with a retrograde justice system that will look a lot like the Hatfield-McCoy Feud: a cycle of carnage so malignant that its origins will fade in importance, replaced by the hopeless death spiral of the cycle itself. Kevin Reddington’s disgusting motion to investigate Michael is worthy of nothing but universal condemnation. This is certainly not the final word from us on this subject, but merely our first words. It’s all going to backfire spectacularly on sore loser Reddington.”
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