AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Judge rebukes Lindsay Clancy defense bid to call TikTok critic of McLean Hospital
The judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial sharply criticized a defense bid to call a former psychiatric hospital employee who took to TikTok to challenge prosecution testimony, comparing the request to a customer review on a travel site. Judge William Sullivan told defense attorney Kevin Reddington that the courtroom is "not TripAdvisor" after Reddington filed […] The post Judge rebukes Lindsay Clancy defense bid to call TikTok critic of McLean Hospital appeared first on American Almanac .
The judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial sharply criticized a defense bid to call a former psychiatric hospital employee who took to TikTok to challenge prosecution testimony, comparing the request to a customer review on a travel site. Judge William Sullivan told defense attorney Kevin Reddington that the courtroom is "not TripAdvisor" after Reddington filed a last-minute motion to add Emily Thorndike, a former mental health specialist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, to the witness list. Thorndike, now an independent clinical social worker, had posted a TikTok video on July 29 saying she wanted to "talk about the prosecution lies" regarding the facility where Clancy spent five days in late 2022, weeks…Open