Lindsay Clancy holdout juror believed she was guilty ‘from day one,’ didn’t have any doubts

( NewsNation ) — The lone juror whose vote resulted in a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case says statements made about him by other jurors are not accurate.

Jury foreperson Roni Carlson told NBC 10 Boston that the holdout juror, Michael Desronvil, “admitted he had reasonable doubt” but allegedly refused to engage with the other jurors as to why. Carlson believed Desronvil was not properly applying the judge’s instructions on reasonable doubt and sent the judge a note raising her concerns.

Other jurors also alleged that Desronvil was dismissive of their arguments.

In a statement to NewsNation, he refuted the claims made by fellow jurors.

“I didn’t have any doubts,” the juror said. “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. 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 also spoke Tuesday in an interview with Ray Marcel on the streaming series “Fugitive TV.” Marcel told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on Wednesday that the lone juror believed Clancy was guilty from the beginning of the trial.

“He felt that she was sane when she did it. And that’s exactly what he told me,” Marcel recalled. “He said, from day one, that he always felt that she was guilty, and he never displayed or said anything about reasonable doubt.”

“He said things got heated in the jury room,” he continued. “Jurors were not agreeing, some agreeing, some not agreeing…. What he told me was, from day one, they voted every single day.”

Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington , asked Judge William Sullivan to remove Desronvil from the jury, arguing that he was not following the law regarding reasonable doubt. The judge denied the request, and deliberations continued.

Holdout juror: Clancy prepared before kids’ deaths

Desronvil said that on the first day of deliberations, eight jurors believed Clancy was not guilty by reason of insanity.

By the end, only he and one other juror still believed she was guilty.

“And then, he said, at the last moment, that other juror decided to go not guilty, and he just stood his ground… He felt that she was sane by the preparation she did,” Marcel explained. “The preparation showed that she was sane and knew what she was doing, pretty much knew right from wrong, before she did what she did.”

He added that the public reaction after the trial was unreasonable. Since the mistrial, Desronvil has been publicly revealed as the holdout juror, had his address and phone number doxxed, and has received death threats.

Edward Andrew Paltzik, a leading defamation and media law attorney, announced Thursday that he is representing Desronvil.

“No matter if you agree with him or not… his name shouldn’t have been put out there like that,” Marcel told Cuomo. “No juror should be put to the forefront like that, because it’s their civic duty to do that, and they should be protected… He never asked for any of this whatsoever.”

NewsNation’s Steph Whiteside and Allison Hope Weiner contributed to this article.