Brittany Romano’s Courtroom Video Sparks Online Backlash Amid Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

During a live-streamed day of the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts, a courtroom camera briefly captured New York-based editor and writer Brittany Romano smiling and winking at the lens. The short clip spread rapidly on social media, prompting many viewers to label the behavior “inappropriate” given that the case concerns the deaths of three children.

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The trial centers on Lindsay Clancy, accused of killing her three children in January 2023. Prosecutors have presented psychiatric experts who argue Clancy suffered severe depression and bipolar II disorder but was not experiencing an acute psychotic break. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington has contested the experts’ diagnoses and sought a mistrial over a reference to Clancy’s Catholic faith, a request that Judge William Sullivan denied.

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Others questioned whether Romano was seeking attention. She also asserted, “This case is about mental health right?” and claimed she was “actually proud” of herself because trolls had told her to kill herself.

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Newsweek could not verify the identities in the photograph, and neither Romano nor Clancy has confirmed a personal friendship.

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• “This case is about mental health right?” — Brittany Romano

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