Lindsay Clancy trial: Why did the prosecutor ask for gag order? Kevin Reddington's remarks on holdout juror sparks row

At Lindsay Clancy's status hearing, the prosecutor sought a gag order over juror media leaks while her defense claimed no evidence she killed her kids.

Published on: Sep 29, 2026, 23:04:58 IST

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On Tuesday, September 29, as Lindsay Clancy and her attorney, Kevin Reddington, returned to the court in Plymouth, Massachusetts for a status hearing, two major surprises emerged.

Clancy returned to the court for the first time on Tuesday since the September 4 mistrial in the triple-murder trial. The proceedings mostly centered around Kevin Reddington's motions the mistrial verdict.

The first major surprise in Tuesday's proceedings came from the prosecutor, who asked Judge William Sullivan to impose a gag order, preventing stakeholders in the case from making comments about it in the media. The second came from Kevin Reddington, who argued that there is "no evidence" that Lindsay Clancy killed her three children.

Reddington's argument came as he pushed for a Rule 25 motion asking the Judge Sullivan for Clancy's acquittal. But it was a complete U-turn in the defense's stance, as Reddington previously argued around Clancy's postpartum psychosis diagnosis without disputing that she killed her three children.

Here, we will take a look at why Lindsay Clancy's prosecutor asked for a gag order.

Why Did Lindsay Clancy's Prosecutor Ask For A Gag Order?

The prosecutors in Lindsay Clancy's case requested a gag order in the case following the row that erupted over the lone holdout juror, Michael P. Dresnovil. The mistrial ruling came after the jury failed to reach a consensus because Dresnovil was the only one holding out.

The prosecutors claimed that Reddington revealed the gender of the holdout juror as male. Given there were only three male jurors in the case, they alleged that it enabled the media to identify Dresnovil. Questions have since come up about if Dresnovil followed the law while applying the reasonable doubt standard. Reddington has also accused Dresnovil of lying in the jury selection questionnaire.

In their filing Tuesday, the prosecutors argued that the remarks to the media got the case massive attention and they are trying to prevent that in the next hearing.

“In order to prevent the carnival atmosphere that was the trial between July 21, 2026, and September 4, 2026, as well as the aftermath since, this court can and should limit the extrajudicial statements made in this case," they wrote in the court papers on Tuesday, per the New York Post.

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