Holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy mistrial, Michael P. Desronvil, speaks out for first time after intense backlash

The holdout juror who sparked a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s Massachusetts murder trial has spoken out publicly for the first time to defend himself following intense backlash from online detractors.Michael P.

Desronvil, 48, clapped back at accusations from fellow jurors that he refused to budge on his belief Clancy was guilty of murdering her three kids despite expressing doubts.“I didn’t have any doubts.As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present,” Desronvil said in a statement to News Nation.

“Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she [Clancy] knew exactly what she was doing and planned.”Desronvil — a father from a Haitian immigrant family and a devout Christian with a history of abuse allegations — was the lone juror who refused to find Clancy not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, a decision which turned the six-week trial on its head and dragged him to the center of the explosive case.The Bridgewater resident comes from a large family of Haitian immigrants who moved to the US and settled in Massachusetts in 1982, meaning he would have been about 4 years old when he arrived in America.Family, friends and neighbors of Desronvil told The Post his family are an upstanding and educated group, and that he had recently worked in pest control.People also described Desronvil as a strong Catholic, sparking speculation that his faith may have driven him to avoid evidence in the case and refuse to release Clancy of criminal responsibility for the 2023 murder of her three young kids.Clancy, 36, admitted to killing her children then attempting to take her own life in her Duxbury home, but insisted she was out of her mind in a severe bout of post-partum depression — which she said was dangerously exacerbated by the cocktail of drugs doctors gave her while she desperately ...