Lindsay Clancy prosecutors file bombshell gag order after defense slammed lone holdout juror following mistrial: Live updates

By and RACHEL SHARP, CRIME CORRESPONDENT and KATRINA SCHOLLENBERGER, US HEAD OF LIVE NEWS Updated: 09:00 EDT, 29 September 2026 Lindsay Clancy is back in court for the first time since her murder trial for strangling her three children ended in a hung jury last month.The 36-year-old former labor nurse faces a pivotal hearing that could determine whether she is retried for murder, while her defense lawyer will ask to have the case dropped completely.Prosecutors filed a bombshell motion for a gag order on Tuesday morning asking the judge to bar the defense and others involved in the case from publicly discussing certain aspects of the proceedings. Clancy has admitted killing her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and eight-month-old Callan in 2023, but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming she was suffering postpartum psychosis at the time.After a grueling five-week trial, the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict with one holdout juror, who has since been identified as Michael Desronvil, refusing to join the panel's consensus.Since the trial ended on September 4, jurors waived their anonymity to share their stories with the media and accused Desronvil of refusing to follow the law when it came to reasonable doubt. Follow the Daily Mail for more updates... The Lindsay Clancy prosecutors have filed a motion asking for a gag order ahead of her crucial murder trial hearing today.Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not officially announced whether he will try Clancy again or what charges she would face.However, the prosecution did file a motion on Tuesday asking the judge to prohibit the lawyers 'from making extrajudicial statements to the media that would have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing the criminal proceedings in this matter.'The motion also criticized Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, for making statements to the media after the court declared a mistrial in the case earlier this month.'Most disturbing, defense counsel spoke to the media about the deliberating jurors in this case,' the filing stated.Woman kicked out of courtroomA woman was kicked out of the Lindsay Clancy courtroom before today's hearing began.It appeared that the woman said something to the prosecution team during a contentious moment.A court officer then escorted her out of the courtroom as she shouted, 'You can't ask if society is safe then.'Lawyer who worked on Karen Read case enters courtLindsay Clancy's new lawyer, Martin Weinberg, entered the courtroom.She hired Weinberg, a veteran Boston defense attorney, to argue that the case should be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds.Double jeopardy refers to a Fifth Amendment right protected by the Constitution that states no person shall be punished for the same crime twice after being found innocent or guilty.It is unclear whether a dismissal on double jeopardy grounds will work for Clancy since her first trial ended in a hung jury and no verdict was reached.Weinberg has represented a slew of high-profile clients, including Jeffrey Epstein, and he argued to have Read's case dismissed when her first murder trial over the death of her Boston cop boyfriend, John O'Keefe, ended in a mistrial.Pink-clad Clancy supports gather at courthouseLindsay Clancy supporters have gathered at Plymouth County Superior Court ahead of her crucial hearing.Lindsay Clancy returns to the courtroomLindsay Clancy is set to return to the courtroom today at 9am ET.The former labor and delivery nurse is accused of murdering her children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, at her Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.Clancy, 36, admitted to strangling her children with exercise bands, but argued in court that she was overmedicated while suffering from postpartum depression and the cocktail of drugs she was prescribed brought on a psychosis.Eleven of the 12 jurors found there was enough evidence to find Clancy not guilty of murder or manslaughter by reason of insanity, but the lone holdout refused to acquit the former labor and delivery nurse, prompting Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial in the case.Today's hearing could help decide whether she will face a second trial.Lindsay Clancy's fate hangs at crucial hearingIt’s been a dramatic three weeks since Lindsay Clancy’s case came to a crashing end when a mistrial was declared inside the jam-packed courtroom in Plymouth, Massachusetts.Now, on Tuesday morning, Clancy will return to Plymouth County Superior Court for the first time since her trial ended for a hearing that will shape the future of her case.The status hearing could very well set the wheels in motion for a second trial for the killings of her three children - or it could end her criminal case once and for all.Defense attorney Kevin Reddington will argue several motions to strike down the state’s ability to retry the mom of three, including one calling for a finding of not guilty due to lack of criminal responsibility and one seeking to dismiss all charges citing double jeopardy rules.The defense is also fighting for information about the holdout juror, including his cell phone records, surveillance footage from the courthouse and access to his juror questionnaire.Meanwhile, prosecutors could reveal their own plans for whether they will try Clancy a second time and, if so, on the same or lesser charges.