PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, is rejecting suggestions that he shifted his courtroom strategy Tuesday by questioning whether prosecutors proved Clancy killed her three children. He said he has challenged the strength of the Commonwealth’s case since the outset.
In an interview with Fox News contributor Billy Bush on his “Hot Mics” podcast, Reddington described the investigation into his client as “horrific” and “atrocious.” His comments came after he argued in court that prosecutors had not presented sufficient evidence to establish Clancy’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
“That’s exactly what I was saying,” Reddington said in the interview after Clancy returned to court for the first time since her mistrial. “I’ve been arguing that from the very beginning. I argued it in a closing argument to the jury. I argued it in our motions.”
Lindsay Clancy and her attorney, Kevin Reddington, attend a status hearing in the Clancy case at Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on September 29, 2026. Clancy appeared in court for the first time since a judge declared a mistrial on September 4, after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the high-profile case involving the deaths of her three young children. (Greg Derr / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
Reddington was arguing a Rule 25 motion seeking a required finding of not guilty. Through the motion, he is asking the court to determine that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support a conviction.
“Where’s the evidence that she did this?” Reddington asked Judge William Sullivan in court Tuesday, as he outlined what he characterized as inadequate evidence and unreliable statements. “Where is the evidence she did this?”
Reddington’s arguments on the required finding of not guilty drew national attention, but Sullivan issued no rulings and postponed arguments on other pending motions until Nov. 2. The delay left many following the case, including Bush, frustrated by the lack of immediate answers.
“He didn’t get any answers on the insufficiency of evidence,” Bush told News Media Wednesday. “He wanted, immediately, her to be declared not criminally responsible because of that. I think that was a stretch. He probably knew it. He brought in his double jeopardy expert, Martin Weinberg. That was punted to Nov. 2. That wasn’t immediately successful. And the alleged juror misconduct, we didn’t get anything on that because Judge Sullivan, Reddington told us, impounded that information. We want to see the jury questionnaire. Everybody wants to see it.”
Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy. The three children were killed at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. (Lindsay Marie Clancy/Facebook)
Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after jurors were unable to reach a verdict following approximately a week of deliberations.
Rule 25 motions are common but rarely succeed, according to Carol Erskine, a retired Massachusetts judge and child welfare advocate who has closely followed the case.
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“He is arguing that [they] did not prove each and every element as required by law,” she told News Media. “I understand why people don’t get this, but he had to argue sufficiency of evidence under Rule 25(b)(2) case law. He told the judge he asked for a Bowden instruction and was denied, which meant he was challenging the poor investigation/search at the home by police. It’s a very nuanced argument.”
Plymouth County prosecutors took a sharply different view of Reddington’s position, calling it “a laughable argument” and urging the judge to reject the motion.
Patrick Clancy leaves Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Monday, July 27, 2026. (David McGlynn for News Media)
Clancy is scheduled to return to court Nov. 2 for a motions hearing. No date has been set for a possible retrial.
As Clancy’s legal future remains unresolved, Reddington has attracted attention of his own outside the courthouse. Bush said the prominent Massachusetts defense attorney frequently interacts with journalists covering the trial and has built a national profile, earning nicknames such as “Big Red” and “Shreddington.”
Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin J. Reddington, poses with a supporter outside Plymouth Superior Court on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. (David McGlynn for News Media)
“Big Red goes out to the parking lot,” Bush said. “He talks to the different people who are covering this in their own way. He asks them questions about themselves. He sits there in a lawn chair, having coffee and connecting with everybody.”
Bush said Reddington’s supporters also include a substantial number of women following the case.
“They support Lindsay Clancy,” he said.
“But they love Reddington because he’s the man who’s fighting for her,” he added. “And they’re all seeing him as that guy, ‘Geez, I’d like that man fighting for me someday, if I needed it.'”