{"id":223679,"date":"2026-09-10T07:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/lindsay-clancy-rejects-conspiracy-theories-accusing-her-ex-of-their-childrens-deaths-lawyer-says-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T07:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:58:25","slug":"lindsay-clancy-rejects-conspiracy-theories-accusing-her-ex-of-their-childrens-deaths-lawyer-says-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/lindsay-clancy-rejects-conspiracy-theories-accusing-her-ex-of-their-childrens-deaths-lawyer-says-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Clancy rejects conspiracy theories accusing her ex of their children\u2019s deaths, lawyer says – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lindsay Clancy rejects the internet conspiracy theories accusing her ex-husband of killing their three children in 2023 and believes he has been unfairly targeted by online sleuths since her murder trial, her defense attorney Kevin Reddington<\/a> told NBC News on Wednesday in a wide-ranging interview.
\u201cShe knows, and it\u2019s readily apparent that Patrick has been set upon and his life has been turned upside down into a nightmare that he doesn\u2019t deserve. Period. Full stop,\u201d attorney Kevin Reddington said Wednesday.
Patrick Clancy\u2019s lawyers released a statement Tuesday responding to the online allegations and slamming the true-crime creators behind the theories. The statement called the theories and online storylines a \u201ccampaign of misinformation\u201d that was \u201cpublishing what they know to be outright falsehoods that Patrick was somehow involved in the death of his young children and other vile claims.\u201d
His lawyer added that \u201cevery appropriate measure will be pursued to hold them accountable, including legally,\u201d and that \u201claw enforcement has been notified.\u201d
Reddington told NBC News that Clancy is aware of how the case has taken off on social media as online sleuths pushed conspiracy theories and broke down testimony about the broadcast trial and as conversation around postpartum psychosis captured the nation<\/a>. She also disagrees with the theories.
On Friday, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial<\/a> at Plymouth Superior Court after the jury deliberating whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the strangulation deaths of her three children<\/a> said it was deadlocked three times. Reddington sought a last-minute emergency stay<\/a> to send the jurors back to deliberations, but a justice at Massachusetts\u2019 Supreme Judicial Court swiftly denied it.
Since then, Clancy is \u201cnot very good\u201d and remains \u201csuicidal\u201d after her high-profile murder trial, Reddington said.
\u201cShe\u2019s strong. She has incredible family support,\u201d he added of his client. \u201cBut she is suicidal. I mean, she\u2019s on 24\/7, one-on-one suicide watch. I worry about her every day.\u201d
Despite the dramatic end to the trial that leaves Clancy\u2019s legal case in limbo, Reddington says his client does not hold any anger toward prosecutors, jurors or even witnesses who testified against her.
\u201cShe was hurt by the way they would talk about her and the way they would attack her. She was hurt, but she never once expressed anger towards anybody in the system,\u201d he said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t have it in her DNA to be angry with anyone.\u201d
Instead, he added, she talks about her children and often repeats one phrase constantly: \u201cI want my babies.\u201d
The sentiment is a stark contrast to the prosecution\u2019s case throughout the trial, which argued Clancy was aware of her actions and planned the killings ahead of time. Reddington argued that she was compelled to act on auditory hallucinations that told her to carry out the murders, a symptom of the postpartum psychosis he said she was experiencing.
Both parties admit she killed the children: Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months old.
\u201cThat was not the Lindsay that is now living amongst us,\u201d Reddington said Wednesday. \u201cThe person that committed this atrocious act was as a result of postpartum psychosis combined with the medications that she was provided.\u201d
Postpartum psychosis is a rare but serious condition that can affect new mothers. More severe than postpartum depression, it can cause hallucinations and other intense psychological symptoms.
To prove their argument that Clancy was not actually experiencing psychosis at the time of the killings, prosecutors repeatedly pointed to the fact that she never told anyone she was hearing voices before that night and that she hasn\u2019t heard any since \u2014 something said to be exceedingly rare for someone experiencing psychosis.
Reddington, however, said Wednesday that Clancy told her struggles<\/a> to \u201canyone who would listen,\u201d including Patrick Clancy and her mother. He conceded Wednesday, though, that \u201cshe should have\u201d told more people about the voices.
The lawyer also challenged the notion that Clancy lied about how she was feeling and that she repeated a list of symptoms to doctors that she found online.
\u201cIf she was so smart, and Googling things like psychosis, why would she not have had exactly the symptomology that you can Google about psychosis, about postpartum psychosis, [including] the voices?\u201d he said. \u201cWhat are you supposed to say? How are you supposed to say it?\u201d
He added: \u201cIf she was faking, she would have hit it on every single cylinder. She was telling the truth. She did the best that she could. She was failed by these doctors.\u201d
After 38 hours of deliberations, the jury on Friday said it could not reach a unanimous decision, remaining deadlocked 11-1. Jurors had the option to convict Clancy of first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter or acquit her owing to lack of criminal responsibility.
Had she been found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would have been sentenced to time in a state mental health facility.
Three jurors, including the foreperson, told NBC Boston on Tuesday<\/a> that the majority favored finding Clancy not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility, while one holdout wanted to convict. But that juror expressed reasonable doubt, they said, and still wouldn\u2019t agree with the remainder of the jury.
Reddington, however, defended the juror\u2019s right to his opinion Wednesday, saying it \u201cdoesn\u2019t matter\u201d what was going through his head.
\u201cHe\u2019s got every right to do that, and I would defend that right, but not to refuse to apply the law,\u201d Reddington said. \u201cThis is where you draw the line.\u201d
Now, prosecutors must decide whether to retry Clancy. The next hearing in the case<\/a> is scheduled for Sept. 29.
Despite telling reporters multiple times last week that he was ready to retry Clancy\u2019s case as soon as this week, Reddington said that is not the outcome he wants and that he will file a motion to dismiss charges. He also said he would be open to plea iscussions, but would not take a deal that landed his client in jail for even a day.
Reddington on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump<\/a> to offer his client a pardon, even though Clancy was tried on state charges and the president can only pardon federal charges.
He explained Wednesday that he made the suggestion because Trump \u201cfelt compelled to comment on the case\u201d and thought that maybe Trump could reach out to colleagues in the Justice Department to influence Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz to drop the charges. Or, he theorized, Trump might even reach out to Cruz directly on the issue.
Despite such strong attention toward the case, Reddington said, he felt that there was some fundamental misunderstanding about Clancy\u2019s situation.
\u201cThey feel that if you determine that Lindsay was and is not guilty of this crime because of lack of criminal responsibility, that in some fashion you are ignoring the loss of these three children,\u201d he explained. \u201cThat is as far from the truth as possible.\u201d
Reddington added that Clancy, who is in a wheelchair and has been on suicide watch since the night of the murders, is \u201cliving in hell.\u201d
\u201cI look back over the years, and the people that I\u2019ve represented \u2014 been able to help, not so much help \u2014 but yes, this is the one that really has moved me,\u201d Reddington said, agreeing it was one of the hardest of his career.
Laura Jarrett is a senior legal correspondent for NBC News.
Rebecca Cohen is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
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