Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would offer “asylum” to the lone holdout juror of the Lindsay Clancy case if the juror faces harassment after a report disclosed a “history of domestic violence allegations.”
“The holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial had a history of domestic violence allegations, the NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned through court documents and interviews with family members. Read the full investigation here,” NBC10 Boston wrote.
“A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media,” DeSantis said.
“If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum — I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated,” he added.
A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media.
If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum — I’m sure he’d be welcomed… https://t.co/1kRMNAbaYD
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) September 11, 2026
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NBC10 Boston reported that the juror was accused of attacking his wife in September 2021 and that last year his nephew had taken out a restraining order against him. The man also faces a pending eviction case by his landlord for $12,000 of unpaid rent, the outlet reported.
Court records show that the juror divorced his wife after the alleged incident in 2021 and that the criminal charge against him was dismissed — although his ex-wife said she backed away from pursuing the case because she was worried that testifying could cause her to lose custody of her daughter, the outlet reported.
Juror questionnaires in Massachusetts ask prospective jurors whether they have been arrested, charged with a crime, or been served with a court order — all which should have been answered affirmatively by the holdout juror, NBC10 reported.
NBC10’s report came as others on the Clancy jury spoke about the lone holdout.
Juror Paula Devlin told Gayle King on CBS Mornings on Friday that the holdout juror was a black man — and the only person of color on the panel.
Another juror, Nick Dargie, spoke to ABC News about the holdout’s alleged behavior during deliberations, claiming he was disengaged.
The 11-1 split forced a mistrial in a case that has divided many Americans.
Kevin Reddington, Clancy’s attorney, argued she was not criminally responsible for strangling her three children to death because she was overmedicated and experiencing postpartum psychosis, according to The Guardian.
Reddington sparked further controversy by pleading for President Trump to pardon Lindsay Clancy.
The Guardian shared further:
The lone holdout juror, the jury foreperson said, had expressed reasonable doubt over the prosecution’s case that Clancy planned to strangle her children and knew right from wrong, but she claims the juror had refused to “follow the law” when it came to deliberations.
Reddington has said he plans to ask for the case to be thrown out at a status hearing on 29 September based on double jeopardy grounds.
In the days since, jurors have come forward to describe the lone holdout. Paula Devlin told CBS Mornings on Friday that the lone holdout was a Black man and the only person of color on the jury. “Everybody else was white,” she said.
Roni Carlson, the jury foreperson, told NBC Boston that the holdout juror “admitted he had reasonable doubt and I started filling out the forms”, but the holdout juror added: “But I’m still not going to say that she’s not guilty by reason of insanity.”
Nick Dargie, 25, said that after the mistrial ruling, jurors agreeing to find Clancy not guilty “felt defeated. We spent seven weeks on this trial, almost two months of, you know, all of our lives dedicated to it.”
Questions are now likely to be asked about the questionnaire jurors would have been asked to fill out, including if they had ever been arrested, charged with a crime or served with a court order.
“I don’t see how they would’ve allowed him to be a member of this jury,” said Michael Coyne, NBC10 Boston’s chief legal analyst. “I don’t see how, if those questions had been answered correctly, one side or the other would’ve taken the chance with allowing him to be seated.”
