{"id":263545,"date":"2026-09-17T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/lindsay-clancy-holdout-juror-breaks-silence-says-he-believed-she-was-guilty-from-day-one\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:49:11","slug":"lindsay-clancy-holdout-juror-breaks-silence-says-he-believed-she-was-guilty-from-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/lindsay-clancy-holdout-juror-breaks-silence-says-he-believed-she-was-guilty-from-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Breaks Silence, Says He Believed She Was Guilty &#8216;From Day One&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the weeks since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/lindsay-clancy-mistrial-heres-what-comes-next-as-state-supreme-court-rejects-defense-motion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial ended in a mistrial<\/a>, there\u2019s been a great deal of speculation about the lone juror who prevented a unanimous verdict.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s now come forward to offer his account of what happened behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/lindsay-clancy-holdout-jurors-past-domestic-violence-allegation-revealed-ron-desantis-offers-sanctuary-in-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The holdout juror<\/a>, identified only as Michael, spoke with Ray Marcel of \u201cFugitive TV\u201d this week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"People wait on line to enter Plymouth Superior Court during Lindsay Clancy's murder trial on August 26, 2026 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.\" class=\"wp-image-563226 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2291584562-3-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People wait on line to enter Plymouth Superior Court during Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial on August 26, 2026 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Mel Musto\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Marcel subsequently appeared on Chris Cuomo\u2019s NewsNation program to discuss what the juror told him.<\/p>\n<p>Michael spoke to Marcel about his role in the case, and he says he believed Clancy was guilty from the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p>According to Marcel, Michael didn\u2019t gradually come to the conclusion that Clancy was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe felt that she was sane when she did it,\u201d Marcel said, recounting his conversation with the juror (per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/17\/lindsay-clancy-holdout-juror-said-she-was-guilty-from-beginning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Marcel added that Michael told him \u201cfrom day one\u201d that he believed Clancy was guilty and that he never expressed reasonable doubt about her criminal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>That account is notable because the jury ultimately deadlocked 11-1, with 11 jurors reportedly prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The mistrial was declared on September 4 after the jury spent days deliberating without reaching a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdKnNrumqzA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Clancy\u2019s defense had argued that she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Her attorneys have maintained that Clancy was not legally responsible for her actions because of her mental state at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The lone holdout, however, refused to join the consensus formed by the other jurors.<\/p>\n<p>His position has become the center of an increasingly bizarre post-trial saga, with multiple jurors publicly discussing the deliberations and offering their own accounts of what happened in the jury room.<\/p>\n<p>One juror previously said the holdout could not identify a specific piece of evidence or witness testimony supporting his position. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/lindsay-clancy-jurors-holdout-arrogant-ignored-jury-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Another juror defended him<\/a>, saying that several members of the panel had entered deliberations with strong opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Clancy\u2019s attorney, Kevin Reddington, has asked a judge to enter a not-guilty finding rather than allow the case to proceed toward another trial.<\/p>\n<p>The judge has not yet granted that request, and prosecutors have not announced whether they intend to retry Clancy.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the case remains unresolved, and the latest comments from the juror at the center of the mistrial are adding another layer to an intensely scrutinized legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>And with Clancy\u2019s ex-husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/patrick-clancy-to-break-silence-on-lindsay-clancy-mistrial-on-60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patrick Clancy preparing to speak publicly<\/a> in his first major interview since the mistrial, this very complicated case is clearly nowhere near its final chapter.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<div class=\"thg-endcard\" hidden=\"\" aria-label=\"Get the Hollywood Gossip app\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"thg-endcard-title\">Get the app \u2014 celeb news first<\/span><span class=\"thg-endcard-sub\">Push alerts the second a story breaks \u00b7 4.8\u2605 \u00b7 Free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thg-endcard-get\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/apple-store\/id372387225?pt=367523&amp;ct=web-endcard-cta&amp;mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the App<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/lindsay-clancy-holdout-juror-breaks-silence-says-he-believed-she-was-guilty-from-day-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes In the weeks since Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial ended in a mistrial, there\u2019s been a great deal of speculation about the lone juror who prevented a unanimous verdict. 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