Will Lindsay Clancy Testify in Ex-Husband Patrick’s New Court Case?

Lindsay Clancy could end up testifying in court for the first time in her ex-husband Patrick Clancy’s $1 million wrongful death lawsuit against his ex-wife’s mental health professionals. That’s the claim of Patrick Clancy’s lawyers.

Patrick filed the case in January 2026 on behalf of himself and the estates of his three children, Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months), whom Lindsay strangled to death in January 2023. Lindsay’s defense argued that she was legally insane at the time due to postpartum psychosis; her criminal trial was declared a mistrial last month.

According to The U.S. Sun, Patrick’s lawsuit claims failures in Lindsay’s psychiatric care contributed to their children’s deaths. Patrick’s attorney, Howard Cooper, told a Norfolk Superior Court judge not to dismiss the case until Lindsay herself has given evidence.

“You know who hasn’t testified yet, Your Honor? Lindsay Clancy,” Cooper said.

Lindsay did not testify during her criminal trial, and no police interview she gave has ever been released publicly. So, if Lindsay testifies, the public would hear her side of the story for the first time. Cooper told the judge that he believes Lindsay would testify in the civil case.

“We have alleged in good faith in this case, and I said this previously, that we believe that Lindsay Clancy, once her Fifth Amendment issues are resolved, one way or the other, will testify that she told these defendants explicitly that she had homicidal ideation, that she was worried about something awful happening to her kids,” Cooper said, per The U.S. Sun.

However, there is a risk of criminal consequences if Lindsay testifies in Patrick’s case before any potential criminal trial appeal. Anything she says regarding her children’s deaths, her mental state, and medical treatment could be used against her in the criminal case.

Cooper is therefore hoping the civil case will be delayed and not dismissed before Lindsay has a chance to testify without the threat of criminal consequences. He told the judge it would be “completely inappropriate” to dismiss the lawsuit before that testimony.

Meanwhile, attorney Timothy Sweetland, who is defending psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta and South Shore Health, has dismissed the claims. He argued that only two narrow statutory exceptions could expose a mental health provider to liability, and the first didn’t apply because Lindsay had no history of violence.

The only other exception applies if Lindsay made an explicit threat and intended to carry it out, something he said did not meet the threshold based on statements cited by Patrick’s lawyers.

On Thursday (October 29) morning, Lindsay’s attorney Kevin Reddington spoke out about the case and insisted she would not be testifying.

In a statement to People magazine, Reddington said, “It has come to my attention that counsel for Patrick Clancy represented to the court in his civil case that my client, Lindsay Clancy, will testify about statements she made to her healthcare providers. Lindsay Clancy never told any of her healthcare providers that she harbored homicidal ideation toward her children.

“She never indicated that she intended to testify in Mr. Clancy’s lawsuit, and no one acting for her ever represented that she would. Mr. Clancy’s counsel does not speak for Lindsay Clancy.”

The case continues.