ABC Only Network Newscast to Bash Clancy Juror Holdout After NBC Boston Report

Nicholas Spinnato
September 11th, 2026 11:45 PM

Text to Speech

00:00 00:00
Font Size
ABC/SnapStream

On Friday, ABC’s World News Tonight took time in its newscast after covering memorials for the September 11th terrorist attacks to bash the lone juror holdout from the Linday Clancy murder trial and echoed a report from NBC’s local Boston affiliate on the holdout that detailed possible domestic abuse allegations against the man. The NBC Boston reporting caused concern that the holdout may now be susceptible to being doxed online.

ABC’s Aaron Katerksy shared details on the holdout, which anchor David Muir called a "breaking headline.” Yesterday, Katerksy interviewed a pro-Clancy acquittal juror who said he was “shocked” by the holdout’s actions. 

Katerksy began, “Exactly one week ago, David, the judge declared a mistrial, and tonight there are new questions about that one holdout juror.”

 

 

Katerksy then detailed the allegations, “We've had a look at some court documents that show the man, who we’re not naming, was accused in 2021 by his wife at the time of being abusive. Now his divorce lawyer pushed back, describing him to us as a stand-up guy.”

Later, he said the holdout was recently “facing potential eviction,” as Katersky questioned whether the holdout juror was not qualified:

Massachusetts requires jurors to disclose whether they've been sued, arrested, charged, or served with a court order, raising a question of how the juror filled out his form and whether he was qualified to serve. David?

ABC's report followed a NBC10 Boston story that gave out many details about the allegations against the holdout juror in 2021. Part of the NBC affiliate's written report read:

We are not identifying him at this time because he has chosen not to speak publicly and the jury list is currently impounded.

But Washington Free Beacon reporter Andrew Kerr pointed out that NBC10 essentially doxed the holdout juror already, as they gave details of his legal cases:

 

 

The video report, shockingly, also did not censor the holdout’s date of birth. Other details, including the possible name of the juror, were also seemingly viewable in a report on the news channel’s YouTube page. At a minimum, it seemed to be a very reckless report against the sole juror who wanted to convict Clancy.

This new controversial report came after another Clancy juror gave an interview to broadcast news, this time on Friday’s CBS Mornings. In the interview, a juror revealed the holdout juror was the sole person of color in the group and was a Black man, to the shock of host Gayle King.

The transcript from ABC World News Tonight's report is below. Click "expand":

ABC World News Tonight

September 11, 2026

6:45:32 PM Eastern

DAVID MUIR: Just in tonight here, the breaking headline in the Lindsay Clancy case involving the lone holdout juror and what we've now learned. Let's get right to ABC's chief investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky, who's been following this case for us. Aaron?

AARON KATERSKY: Exactly one week ago, David, the judge declared a mistrial, and tonight there are new questions about that one holdout juror. 

We've had a look at some court documents that show the man, who we’re not naming, was accused in 2021 by his wife at the time of being abusive. Now his divorce lawyer pushed back, describing him to us as a stand-up guy. Other documents more recently show that at the time the man was chosen for the jury, he was facing potential eviction. Massachusetts requires jurors to disclose whether they've been sued, arrested, charged, or served with a court order, raising a question of how the juror filled out his form and whether he was qualified to serve. David?

Donor Privacy Policy