NBC10 Boston Investigates Holdout Juror After Lindsay Clancy Mistrial
NBC10 Boston has launched an aggressive investigation into the personal background of the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, publicizing details from his divorce, family conflicts, and housing struggles after he refused to join eleven other jurors in returning a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict.
The station’s report highlighted court audio from September 2021 showing the juror faced an assault charge involving his wife. A police report indicated the juror’s 13-year-old nephew called 911 after witnessing the juror grab his wife by the throat and throw her into a dresser. The report noted the juror’s mother repeatedly screamed “you’re evil” as police made the arrest. The couple later divorced and the criminal charge was dismissed. The ex-wife stated she chose not to testify out of concern for losing custody of her daughter.
🚨#BREAKING: A TV station is now digging through the PRIVATE LIFE of the lone, Black male HOLDOUT JUROR from the Lindsay Clancy trial… publicizing his divorce, his family disputes, even his eviction…
…because he refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy!!!!
Yes, they are TEARING… pic.twitter.com/db3AViRXIG
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) September 11, 2026
Records further showed the same nephew obtained a restraining order last year after alleging the juror pushed him to the ground and punched him in the face multiple times. The nephew wrote that the juror said “you ruin my life for calling the police” and “you’ve had this coming your way for a long time.” That restraining order remained active during the juror’s selection for the Clancy trial.
NBC10’s chief legal analyst Michael Coyne reviewed a confidential juror questionnaire that asks whether an individual has been arrested, charged with a crime, or served with a court order. Coyne stated that all relevant boxes should have been checked and noted it would be difficult to believe the juror would have been seated if the answers had been truthful. He added that one side or the other would likely have taken a chance on seating the juror only if the questions had been answered correctly.
Housing court records indicate the juror has not paid monthly rent at his Plymouth County home since last March. The landlord obtained a judgment of more than twelve thousand dollars in unpaid rent and is pursuing eviction proceedings.
Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after seven days of deliberation when the panel deadlocked eleven to one. Eleven jurors were prepared to return a not-guilty-by-reason-of-mental-disease-or-defect verdict. That verdict would have conceded Lindsay Clancy killed her three children but disputed her criminal responsibility. The lone holdout refused.
Several jurors described the holdout as refusing to engage during deliberations, calling him arrogant and unwilling to consider others’ input. Family members contacted by the station said the juror had been estranged following the incident with his nephew and were unaware of his participation in the high-profile case. One relative described him as a narcissist who should not have served on such an important jury.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis weighed in on the coverage. He called the reporting a low for legacy media and offered asylum to the juror. DeSantis stated, “If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum – I am sure he would be welcomed and appreciated.”
The station reached out to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office and Clancy’s defense team. Both declined to comment. Juror questionnaires are not public records, leaving uncertainty about whether the document still exists after the mistrial.
The holdout juror’s past legal matters are now public because he refused to let a woman who drowned her three children avoid a murder conviction. NBC10’s investigation focuses on whether his background should have disqualified him from service. The station aired details of his divorce, his family disputes, his eviction, and his estrangement from relatives.
Lindsay Clancy’s three children are dead. Cora, five years old. Dawson, three years old. Callan, eight months old. Clancy strangled them with exercise bands in January 2023 before jumping from a window. Prosecutors presented evidence that she researched ways to kill for weeks before the crime. Eleven jurors were prepared to return a verdict that would have spared her a murder conviction.
One juror stood in the way. For that, a television station is now broadcasting the most painful details of his private life to hundreds of thousands of viewers. The message is clear. Serve on a jury. Vote the wrong way. Pay the price.
The investigation airs as the Plymouth County District Attorney weighs whether to retry the case. Clancy remains in custody. The mistrial means prosecutors can bring the case again. The question is whether they will. And whether any future juror will risk the same treatment if they refuse to go along with the majority.
Governor DeSantis’s offer of asylum may sound dramatic. But the precedent NBC10 Boston set is more dramatic still. Jurors are private citizens performing a civic duty. Their personal lives are irrelevant to the verdicts they return. When a news outlet weaponizes a juror’s divorce, his family conflicts, and his housing struggles because it disagrees with his vote, it attacks the foundation of the jury system itself.
The holdout juror’s past is messy. His questionnaire answers may have been incomplete or dishonest. Those are questions for the court, not for a news investigation designed to discredit him after the fact. The timing makes the motive transparent. He voted the wrong way. Now the public knows about his eviction.
Three children are dead. One juror refused to let their mother walk. The rest is noise.