The lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is now speaking for himself.

Michael Desronvil says he never doubted that Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three young children, directly challenging the account other jurors gave after the case ended in a mistrial.

Desronvil has also retained an attorney as the public fight over the deadlocked jury intensifies.

His lawyer confirmed the representation Thursday and said the juror had been moved to a secure, undisclosed location:

The Gateway Pundit reports that Desronvil sent a statement to NewsNation after other jurors accused him of acknowledging reasonable doubt but refusing to acquit Clancy. He rejected that version of the deliberations, saying his attempts to discuss possible theories were repeatedly cut off and then portrayed as uncertainty.

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Desronvil said the physical evidence, witness testimony and prosecution’s case convinced him Clancy knew what she was doing and planned the killings. His bottom line was blunt: “I didn’t have any doubts.”

The disagreement goes to the heart of the mistrial. Clancy admitted killing 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan in January 2023.

The jury’s task was to decide whether she was criminally responsible when she strangled the children with exercise bands.

The prosecution argued that Clancy acted deliberately and understood her conduct was wrong. Her lawyers argued that postpartum psychosis left her without criminal responsibility.

CBS News independently obtained Desronvil’s statement through his representative. The outlet reported that the jury was still deadlocked on September 4, its seventh day of deliberations, and that Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after the panel failed three times to reach a unanimous decision.

CBS also reported that Desronvil believed the prosecution had presented enough proof that Clancy understood and planned her actions. District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not yet announced whether the state will retry the case, and the next court hearing is scheduled for September 29.

The juror’s ordeal has drawn national attention. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis condemned the effort to expose and attack him and offered him a place of refuge:

The Associated Press previously reported the competing account from the jury foreperson, who said Desronvil had acknowledged reasonable doubt during deliberations but still would not agree to a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. She said she had begun signing the verdict forms before learning that he would not join the other eleven jurors.

The jury sent the judge three notes saying it could not reach a unanimous decision. One note alleged that a juror was refusing to follow the court’s reasonable-doubt instructions, prompting Sullivan to question the panel, repeat those instructions and direct deliberations to continue.

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Other jurors described Desronvil as unwilling to accept their arguments. Clancy’s attorney later blamed one juror for the mistrial, while the judge ultimately left the deadlocked panel intact rather than removing the holdout.

Desronvil’s statement now squarely disputes that characterization. He says discussion of different theories was mistaken for doubt, and that he remained convinced the evidence supported criminal responsibility.

After his identity became public, supporters established a GiveSendGo campaign. Jack Posobiec shared it while refusing to amplify the juror’s personal information:

Eleven jurors favored a finding that would have spared Clancy a murder conviction. One juror refused to go along.

Now that juror is making clear that his vote was not confusion, hesitation or a misunderstanding of his own position. It was a judgment about the evidence in a case involving three dead children.

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