Lindsay Clancy holdout juror reportedly weighs bar complaint
TMZ says Michael Péguy Desronvil’s team plans a complaint against Kevin Reddington, while the reported court fight over the juror continues.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Lindsay Clancy juror bar complaint claims remain unconfirmed: TMZ reported, citing unnamed sources, that holdout juror Michael Péguy Desronvil and his lawyers plan to file a complaint against Clancy defense attorney Kevin Reddington.
The available reports reviewed by Dayline do not identify a filed complaint, disciplinary docket, bar response or ruling.
According to TMZ, Desronvil’s side believes Reddington should face discipline over what it describes as Reddington’s public treatment of the juror after the mistrial. Those allegations have not been independently established in the available reporting. TMZ said Reddington’s camp did not comment.
What did Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer ask the court to investigate?
The documented dispute is Reddington’s request for judicial scrutiny of Desronvil’s conduct as a juror. Multiple outlets reported that Reddington asked Judge William Sullivan to examine the juror’s truthfulness during jury selection and aspects of his conduct during deliberations.
Reddington sought records related to calls, texts and mobile-data use during deliberation days, according to reporting by the BBC, the Guardian and ABC News. The defense also requested preservation of jury questionnaires and other court records, with court review of the material rather than public release, Associated Press reporting published by ABC7 said.
The defense motion does not establish wrongdoing by Desronvil. The Guardian reported that he had not been accused of misconduct connected to his jury service. Reddington has argued that the court should investigate whether the juror followed instructions concerning reasonable doubt.
Desronvil’s lawyer, Edward Andrew Paltzik, has strongly opposed that request. ABC News reported that Paltzik called the motion an attack on a juror for carrying out civic duty and said his client’s side would fight it.
Clancy’s five-week murder trial ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4 after the panel failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Several jurors said the vote was 11-1 for a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, while Desronvil favored conviction, according to the BBC and ABC News.
Desronvil said in a Sept. 18 statement reported by ABC News that he had no doubts about Clancy’s guilt and felt he had been interrupted while trying to explain his views during deliberations. Other jurors gave a different account, saying he had expressed reasonable doubt or was inattentive at times.
Prosecutors had not publicly said whether Clancy would face another trial, according to the BBC and the Guardian. She remains charged in the deaths of her three children.
This story draws on original reporting from TMZ.