Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Alleges Other Jurors Used Phones During Murder Trial Deliberations

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial has made headlines for months, and even after ending in a mistrial, concerning new details keep surfacing.

This time, the questions are coming from an unexpected source — the lone juror who refused to acquit her, now raising concerns about what really happened inside the jury room.

A spokesperson for Michael P. Desronvil, 48, claims other jurors had access to their cellphones during deliberations and that some may have used social media, NewsNation reporter Brian Entin revealed in a YouTube video shared Wednesday, September 22.

“Everybody had their phones on them… there were jurors who were posting on social media, allegedly, while deliberations were going on,” spokesperson Ray Marcel said, as reported by the Daily Mail.

“I don’t know if they were allowed their phones, but they weren’t taken away,” Marcel added.

The allegations come just days after Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked Judge William Sullivan to investigate Desronvil’s own cell phone activity.

Reddington’s motion seeks a review of phone metadata from the deliberation period and asks that Desronvil be questioned about whether he used his phone or received outside information.

Desronvil was the sole holdout when the jury deadlocked 11-1 following seven days of deliberations. He later said he “didn’t have any doubts” that prosecutors had proved Lindsay knew what she was doing, as Globe reported.

Lindsay, 36, did not dispute killing her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, whom she shared with ex-husband Patrick Clancy, at their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.

Her defense argued she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors argued she understood her actions were wrong.

Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4 after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

Lindsay is due back in court on September 29.

Patrick has also spoken publicly about where he stands as ex-wife Lindsay’s case remains unresolved.

In his first televised interview since the mistrial, he told 60 Minutes that he believes her mental illness played a role in the deaths of their children and said he has forgiven her.

When asked whether Lindsay had ever asked for that forgiveness, Patrick replied, “No. But I gave it to her.”

At the same time, Patrick has made clear that forgiveness does not mean he believes there should be no consequences. Patrick, who testified during Lindsay’s trial, is now remarried to Rachel Danis and living in New York.

Prosecutors have not yet announced whether they will retry Lindsay following the September 4 mistrial.