The Lindsay Clancy murder trial may be waiting for a hearing tomorrow, but the juror who refused to go along with the insanity defense now has a lawyer working in HIS defense.

At this point, it seems that Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington has a personal vendetta against juror Michael P. Desronvil, the “holdout juror” who was hounded and nearly doxxed by the media. Reddington seems to be egging on the harassment, which culminated last week in asking the court to start an investigation into the juror himself.

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, is asking the court to investigate a holdout juror from her mistrial, including reviewing the juror’s confidential questionnaire and determining whether it was completed truthfully.

According to the motion obtained by NewsCenter 5, Reddington is also seeking information on whether the juror used their cell phone during deliberations. According to court records, the judge overseeing Clancy’s trial decided to impound related documents but has not yet made a final ruling on the requests.

The problem is that the entire jury was apparently allowed to have their cell phones while in deliberations, and Desronvil said that others used theirs.

“Everybody had their phone on them,” said Ray Marcel, a spokesperson for holdout juror Michael Desronvil, recalling a conversation they had.

“It wasn’t like they took their phones away and locked them away,” Marcel told NewsNation’s Brian Entin. “I mean, there were juror members, which I’m not going to say names, that were posting on social media allegedly, you know, while deliberations (were) going on.”

Meanwhile, defense attorney Kevin Reddington is asking for Desronvil’s phone records, seeking to track any potential communications that could have been made.

As Professor Jonathan Turley pointed out, Reddington’s crusade against Desronvil could have massive consequences if not stopped.

In his filing, Kevin Reddington seeks to question Desronvil after reviewing his records to see whether he lied on his juror questionnaire, violated court rules by using his cellphone in the jury room, and failed to pay attention during jury deliberations.

…I have been critical of judges who turn a blind eye to juror bias, including false answers on jury forms. However, most such cases do not result in overturned convictions… What is different here is that there was no conviction and a new trial is likely to be scheduled. Reddington has been demanding that the Court declare his client acquitted, a move that would contravene both precedent and logic.

Moreover, Reddington himself has shown the danger of this course. Reddington undermined the filings after his unhinged attack on this juror after the trial. After fueling the rage against this juror (who had to go into hiding with his wife), Reddington is seeking the assistance of the Court to continue to pummel and punish a juror who had the temerity to reject his arguments in court.

It is also a slippery slope. Will Judge William Sullivan allow both sides to look at all of the phone records of all of the jurors as well as delve into their backgrounds?

If the court were to open up these deliberations, it could result in a cascading disaster. Some jurors suggested they viewed the case as a vehicle for sending a message as part of a movement supporting mothers like Clancy. That is also a concerning element in the jury deliberation that could lead to demands for questioning from the prosecution.

The combination of Reddington’s attacks in front of the courthouse and these new measures would send a chilling message to jurors in the next trial. It asks the court to join the mobbing of his holdout.

It sends a disturbing message to future jurors in high-profile cases that anonymity means nothing when you stand against the will of the majority. Imagine if this juror was the only holdout against conviction. Twelve Angry Men would have been a bit less inspiring if Henry Fonda were hauled first before the public and then the Court for his refusal to convict.

This entire mess has now led Desronvil to hire his own defense attorney, Ed Paltzik, who essentially agrees with Turley’s perspective on the case, and called Reddington “Looney Tunes” for filing these motions.

The Looney Tunes motion filed yesterday by Kevin "Shooter McGavin" Reddington to investigate Michael is not just an attack on Michael for being the courageous lone holdout juror. Reddington's motion is actually a full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution. Because if the new…

— Edward Andrew Paltzik, Attorney (@EdPaltzik) September 22, 2026

Reddington, to no one’s surprise, took umbrage at Paltzik’s comments.

“I think Ed ought to learn how to go into the courtroom and articulate his position rather than be a histrionic individual that’s just mouthing off for the media,” Reddington told Fox News Digital.

Reddington’s remarks came in response to social media posts and a recent interview from the juror’s attorney, Edward Paltzik, who has argued that Reddington’s push for an inquiry into the holdout is “a full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution” and a threat to the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees due process rights to criminal defendants.

“Every motion that has been filed is legitimate,” Reddington said. “It’s all based on sound, law, facts, jury questions, and I’m doing what I should do, representing Lindsay. And I’m pretty sure that Ed would have probably done the same thing, were it in Houston, and he was representing his client.”

Reddington also took issue with the juror being described as the “lone holdout juror.”

“He is the obstructionist juror,” Reddington said.

And as one could guess, Paltzik disagreed.

“It’s really not complicated. I’m not backing down. I’m not backing off of it one inch. It should not be controversial at all that I called Lindsay Clancy a ‘demon.’ …She strangled her three innocent children,” he told Fox News Digital.

And as for the challenge from Reddington to see him in court, he said he’s working to find local counsel and that filings would be coming.

“Kevin Reddington was doing his job but the problem is it’s off the rails now,” Paltzik continued. “I’m speaking as a criminal defense attorney for almost 20 years. I would never criticize a juror. And I would never file a post-trial motion to investigate the juror.”

Now, Paltzik is giving an interview to Kayleigh McEnany on Fox News to highlight his defense of his client. It’s no coincidence that this interview is airing right before the next hearing on the Clancy case.

In a preview of an interview airing Monday on “Fox & Friends,” McEnany asks attorney Edward Paltzik whether juror Michael P. Desronvil ever had reasonable doubt after the jury foreperson sent the judge a note accusing him of refusing to follow the law on reasonable doubt.

“Michael had zero doubt,” Paltzik says.

“Zero doubt. No doubt. And he had evidence to back up his position?” McEnany responds.

“A lot of evidence. A mountain of evidence,” Paltzik says.

Michael Desronvil did not volunteer to be on the Lindsay Clancy jury. He got called in for jury duty, went through voir dire, and got seated on this case without any apparent objections from either the prosecution OR the defense. It was only when he refused to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity did Kevin Reddington have a problem. He tried to get the guy thrown off the jury in order to secure an acquittal rather than a mistrial! The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court refused, and Reddington immediately began attacking the juror as soon as the mistrial was declared. Now, the doxxing and threats have reached the point where Desronvil and his wife had to leave their home, and hire an attorney to hopefully stop the witch hunt that is now looking to dig through any single thing in order to get the verdict that Kevin Reddington wants – or to poison the jury pool so much that he will be able to claim that Lindsay Clancy can never get a fair trial. And meanwhile, the lives of Cora, Dawson, and Callan are slowly erased from the story.

It's completely insane. Do they really think they can do anything to change what's already been decided?

It's just punishment. Lawfare bullshit needs to stop, but it won't. It needs to *be* stopped.

— TheOtherStranger (@TheOtherStrang1) September 28, 2026

Tomorrow, Lindsay Clancy and Kevin Reddington will be back in court. Judge William Sullivan will have the chance to stop all of this before it goes even further. If he does not, then who would ever want to be on a jury ever again? If Judge Sullivan allows an investigation into Desronvil, what about one into juror Kellie Farina and her questionnaire, and whether she disclosed that she was also charged with assault and battery over 20 years ago? Or juror Paula Devlin, for admitting that she and other jurors were trying to make things better for women by acquitting Lindsay Clancy? That lawfare sword could swing both ways, and Reddington isn’t prepared for what could be unleashed.

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