Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is addressing online conspiracy theories about her ex-husband Patrick Clancy after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in her triple-murder case for the death of their three children.
“I think Patrick, you heard the 911 call, I think you can judge his credibility by that 911 call,” Kevin Reddington told reporters on Friday, September 4, after a deadlocked 11-1 jury failed to reach a unanimous decision. “I don’t know what is in Patrick’s mind. He testified, and the jury was able to evaluate it.”
When a reporter pointed out that many online conspiracy theorists have called Patrick a murderer, the lawyer responded, “Not by me.”
Lindsay was on trial for the murder of her three young children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. The mother has not denied she strangled her children to death before jumping out a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt. Instead, her defense team argued she is not criminally liable because of her documented mental health issues leading up to and at the time of the killings, including postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder.
The prosecution argued she was able to differentiate right from wrong when she strangled her children, claiming it was a premeditated and cruel act.
During the court of the weeks-long trial, a number of conspiracies were shared online, alleging Patrick was responsible for the children’s deaths and framed his mentally fragile wife. Some have pointed to his inconsistencies while testifying on his ex-wife’s behalf. (Patrick has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against some of his wife’s health care team, alleging they overmedicated the mother and failed to properly treat her mental health issues, resulting in their children’s deaths.)
“That’s his testimony,” Reddington said of Patrick’s time in court. “People get nervous when they testify. They say things and they get confused. It’s not easy to be on that witness stand.”
When asked again to comment on Patrick’s credibility, Reddington reiterated, “He testified. Jurors weighed his testimony and uh, you know, I mean — most of you didn’t hear the 911 tape.”
He continued of the online conspiracy theories, “I mean people on the internet, they’re going to say — regarding the people on the internet, I certainly don’t dismiss them. It’s amazing what people on TikTok and Instagram — I do know those things — it’s amazing how they’re able to [find out] facts and they do investigations and it’s truly amazing, this whole concept of the internet.”
Shortly after judge declared a mistrial in the high-profile case, Patrick broke his silence via his attorney.
“Patrick Clancy is grateful to the Court and to the jurors for their hard work, their commitment and their perseverance,” David Meier, the father’s attorney, said in a statement to CBS News on Friday. “The loss of Patrick’s children is something from which he will never recover and from which there will never be closure.”
Lindsay remains in custody and under psychiatric care at Tewksbury State Hospital in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. A GoFundMe established to financially assist her parents, Michael Musgrave and Paula Musgrave, as they remain by their daughter’s side has increased its goal to $3 million in the wake of the mistrial.
A status update hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, September 28, as the prosecution weighs the possibility of a retrial.
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