Amanda Knox weighs into Patrick Clancy conspiracy theory - claims he 'can't win'
Amanda Knox has shared her thoughts on the conspiracy theories surrounding Patrick Clancy and claims he ‘can’t win’.
The Lindsay Clancy trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month, after the jury of nine women and three men failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
During the weeks-long trial, Clancy’s defence team didn’t dispute that she killed her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, but argued that she should not be held criminally responsible as she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
Despite Clancy and her defence not denying that she carried out the killings, throughout the trial bizarre conspiracy theories began to pop up online accusing her ex-husband of being involved.
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Last week, through his lawyer, Patrick issued a statement saying he would take legal action against those spreading the lies.
“Enough is enough - this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop,” his lawyer Howard Cooper said.
“Those responsible should understand that there will be consequences, and every appropriate measure will be pursued to hold them accountable, including legally. Law enforcement has been notified.”
Now, Knox has weighed in on the situation in an opinion piece published on The Free Press.
“While the court of law tried Lindsay, the court of public opinion tried Patrick,” Knox wrote.
“There is no one ‘right’ way to react to trauma, or to grieve, but when the lens of suspicion falls on you, everything is wrong.”
Knox found herself thrust into the public eye following the 2007 death of her roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy.
Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were both arrested and wrongly convicted for the murder and were eventually released after spending almost four years behind bars.
However, while their two stories are vastly different, Knox said the case had given her ‘flashbacks’ as, like Patrick, she faced ‘relentless scrutiny’ of her behaviour, including rumours that she had performed cartwheels while being interviewed by police.
“Online sleuths have picked over every twitch of his face in the courtroom, every iota of footage that shows him going about his life, every decision he’s made since the death of his children,” Knox wrote.
“Online sleuths parsed the time stamps on his pharmacy receipt and the surveillance footage of him buying dinner, claiming that his jacket in the CVS video had a different zipper style (three-quarter zip as opposed to full zip) than the one he wore at the restaurant, and speculated that he had swapped his clothes to hide bloodstains.”
Knox went on to say that for some conspiracy theories ‘Patrick Clancy was coping too well’.
“There’s no exit from that logic,” she continued.
“The trial in the court of public opinion never ends, and every day Patrick survives and thrives will be entered into the evidence against him. Because when people decide you’re guilty, it doesn’t matter how you perform grief. It’s always wrong.”
Knox’s thoughts on the matter come after Lindsay Clancy’s defence lawyer Kevin Reddington said she was aware of the conspiracy theories surrounding her ex-husband.
In an interview with CBS News, Reddington said Clancy thought it ‘was just terrible what he was going through’ during the trial.
And he urged people to "stop with the speculation and horrific conspiracy allegations".
“It’s horrific what this man has been going through and he’s entitled to move on with his life," he said.
Topics: US News, Lindsay Clancy, Crime, True Crime
Claire Reid