Michael Desronvil: Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Claims He Had ‘Lot of Evidence’ to Prove She Was Guilty

The holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy murder trial says he had enough evidence to prove that she was guilty. Michael Desronvil, the lone juror who disagreed with the other 11 members of the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, has explained his decision in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ “Saturday in America” host Kayleigh McEnany.

Desronvil said he had no reasonable doubt, despite standing alone in his position. The interview also sheds light on the tense exchanges and deliberations inside the jury room. “Definitely, I had a lot of evidence to back up my claim,” Desronvil told McEnany during the interview. Desronvil even faced death threats from supporters of Clancy.

Breaking His Silence

“But because of out of respect of other jurors and the court system, I will put that to sleep for now until we go through the process of the court system,” Desronvil said. When McEnany asked if there were tense moments when other jurors said that Clancy wasn’t guilty, Desronvil said, “Yes, the moments were tense as we were deliberating.”

Desronvil, 48, had defended his decision for the first-time last month, explaining why he refused to join the other 11 jurors who wanted to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.

Desronvil, who believed Clancy should be found guilty of murder, had said that he “didn’t have any doubts.” “Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that she (Clancy) knew exactly what she was doing and planned,” he said.

Clancy is accused of fatally strangling her three young children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, with exercise bands in the basement of her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

After seven days of deliberations and three notes indicating the jury was deadlocked, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial.

Desronvil came into the spotlight after it emerged that his 11 fellow jurors wanted to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.

However, his personal life also drew attention after NBC Boston reported allegations that he had assaulted his then-wife and nephew and had an active restraining order while serving on the Clancy jury.

The allegations prompted questions about how Desronvil was selected to serve on a domestic violence trial jury.

Shocking Claims

Desronvil had earlier said that several jurors in Clancy’s murder trial allegedly violated court rules by using their phones to do their research during deliberations. He accused several fellow jurors of breaking the court orders by using their cellphones, NewsNation reporter Brian Entin reported.

Jurors are required to base their verdict exclusively on the evidence and testimony presented in court and not on online research. They’re prohibited from seeking outside information because material that was not admitted into evidence could influence their understanding of the case. The allegation came after Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked the judge to investigate Desronvil’s phone metadata.

Reddington has argued that Clancy was a devoted mother suffering from the rare condition postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors, however, have maintained that she understood her actions when she killed her children.