Link: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/lindsay-clancy-holdout-juror-had-history-of-domestic-violence-allegations/4013408/

Court documents and interviews with family members reveal a history of domestic violence allegations. We discovered a pending eviction case tied to months of not paying rent.

The NBC10 Boston Investigators also found an active restraining order against him, while he was listening to evidence in the case.

Those details raise questions about the jury selection process and how the Plymouth County resident was picked for the high-profile case that ended in a mistrial.

In September of 2021, the holdout juror in the Clancy case faced a criminal charge for assaulting his wife out of Brockton District Court.

According to a police report, the juror's 13-year-old nephew called 911 after he said his uncle grabbed his wife by the throat and threw her into a dresser.

The report says the juror's mom repeatedly screamed, "You're evil!" as police arrested him.

Court records show the couple divorced after the incident and the criminal charge was later dismissed.

The ex-wife told NBC10 Boston this week that she did not want to testify in the case because she was worried about losing custody of her daughter.

Last year, that same teenage nephew referenced in the 2021 incident took out a restraining order after he said the juror pushed him to the ground and repeatedly punched him in the face.

The teen wrote in his affidavit that his uncle then said, "You ruined my (expletive) life," for calling the police and added, "You've had this coming your way for a long time."

That restraining order was still active when the juror was selected for the Clancy trial and listened to evidence for weeks in the controversial case.

"I don't see how they would've allowed him to be a member of this jury," NBC10 Boston's chief legal analyst Michael Coyne said.

The standard juror questionnaire in Massachusetts clearly asks if someone has been arrested, charged with a crime or been served with a court order. All of those boxes should have been checked by this juror.

"I don't see how, if those questions had been answered correctly, one side or the other would've taken the chance with allowing him to be seated," Coyne said.

"I don't see how, if those questions had been answered correctly, one side or the other would've taken the chance with allowing him to be seated," Coyne said.

Clearly, he didn't answer those questions truthfully.

Jesus Christ. I hope this puts the kabosh on a re-trial.