Lindsay Clancy trial live updates from Aug. 10: Defense rips her psychiatrist for video-only visits, lack of experience

Nypost · Aug 10, 2026 · 770 words · By Priscilla DeGregory; New York Post; Kaydi Pelletier

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A psychiatrist who treated Lindsay Clancy as she spiraled into postpartum mental illness was ripped apart by the killer mom’s defense attorney Monday at the Massachusetts murder trial, over virtual-only appointments, the doctor’s brief experience and the meds…

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Claim 1: “Four days later, the NP prescribed her Ambien... Remeron... and Klonopin.”

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Claim 2: “Paul told Clancy to stop taking Ativan and replaced that with Klonopin.”

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Claim 3: “Paul prescribed Clancy antidepressant Prozac and told her to continue taking Ativan for now.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific medications (Prozac and Ativan) prescribed by Julie Paul.

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Claim 4: “Five doctors wrote the labor and delivery nurse a combined 30 prescriptions for 13 psychiatric medications in the four months leading up to the mother’s unfathomable act.”

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Multiple web search results specifically cite the figure of 30 prescriptions for 13 drugs from 5 doctors in the months leading up to the event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kimberly Akimbo is a 2021 musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, and lyrics and book by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on Lindsay-Abaire's 2001 play of the same name. The show tells the story of a l…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clancy is the seventh studio album by the American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, released on May 24, 2024, through Fueled by Ramen and Elektra Records. Titled after the protagonist introduced in thei…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clancy_(album)

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Claim 5: “she [Clancy] and other doctors and hospitals failed to diagnose her with bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis”

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Multiple independent web sources (FindLaw and other trial reports) confirm that Clancy's defense argues her providers failed to diagnose her with bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her children. Her defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum mental illness.Hospital staff said she might have bipolar disorder and recommended mo…
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/16/nx-s1-5931964/lindsay-clancy-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy has claimed her providers failed to identify her bipolar disorder as a form of the rare but highly concerning condition postpartum psychosis. The condition can involve hallucinations, paranoia,…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/23/metro/patrick-lindsay…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to her attorneys, none of her providers recognized in time that she was not just dealing with postpartum depression, but a possible bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/courtside/postpartum-psyc…

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Claim 6: “Paul then prescribed her antidepressant Mirtazapine (Remeron) and she gave her a one-time dose of Ambien to help her sleep.”

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Claim 7: “strangle her three young children to death in January 2023”

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The fact that Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children to death in January 2023 is confirmed by Wikipedia and multiple news reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rainbow Six is a techno-thriller novel written by Tom Clancy and released on August 3, 1998. It is the second book to primarily focus on John Clark, one of the recurring characters in the Ryanverse, a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2023, Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy were strangled by their mother, Lindsay, who was later found unconscious outside the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, after a suicide attem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children

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Claim 8: “Nurse practitioner Julie Paul told the jury that Lindsay Clancy told her she had a panic attack on Nov. 29, 2022 in a message.”

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The claim states the panic attack was on Nov 29. However, two separate web search results explicitly state the panic attack occurred on Nov 28.

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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy had a panic attack on Nov. 28 and was told by Paul to go for a run and suggested a partial hospitalization, but she said she thought it wouldn't work logistically for her and her family, the nu…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/lindsay-clancy-trial-…

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web search NEUTRAL — 26, 2022, Paul said, Clancy reported that she had improved and asked if one medication should be increased to help her sleep better. Paul said she could try a slight increase, she said.On Nov. 28, Pau…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/10/metro/lindsay-clancy-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Reddington then reminds Jollotta that she had previously testified she did not recall Lindsay writing about horrible, intrusive thoughts, and directs her to a specific message in the patient portal, h…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pcaj5xHieE

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Claim 9: “killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in the basement of the family’s Duxbury, Mass. home”

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Wikipedia and other sources confirm the names and ages of the children (Cora 5, Dawson 3, Callan 8 months) and the location (basement of the Duxbury, Mass. home).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following is a list of teams that competed during the 2022–23 curling season.
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Claim 10: “Nurse practitioner Julie Paul tells jury about Lindsay Clancy's intake at a perinatal clinic on Nov. 22, 2022.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Julie Paul testified about Clancy's intake at a perinatal clinic in November 2022.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy Trial: Nurse Practitioner Julie Paul's Complete Testimony. Justice Is A Process!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csHZPzGXTPA

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web search NEUTRAL — Julie Paul said Clancy thanked her in late November 2022 when she told her she was leaving the perinatal clinic.Clancy tells psychiatrist she was also receiving help from a perinatal clinic.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/10/metro/lindsay-clancy-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nurse practitioner Julie Paul tells jury about Lindsay Clancy's intake at a perinatal clinic on Nov.Paul started the perinatal clinic in Weymouth, Mass., at South Shore Hospital where Clancy was treat…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/lindsay-clancy-trial-a…

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Claim 11: “Clancy, 35, sued Dr. Jennifer Tufts in January for malpractice”

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The New York Post reports that Clancy sued Dr. Tufts and other providers in January. While some web results are irrelevant (Lindsay Lohan), the specific claim about the lawsuit is supported by the cross-reference.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A list of American films released in 1943. Casablanca won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
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web search NEUTRAL — Guided by Oprah Winfrey, Lohan was the subject of the docu-series Lindsay (2014). She made her stage debut in the London West End production of Speed-the-Plow (2014), and appeared in the comedy series…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Lohan

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay (/ ˈlɪnzi /) is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_(name)

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Claim 12: “Clancy’s ex-husband and the children’s father, Patrick, has also filed suit against his former wife’s doctors”

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Multiple reports from the New York Post explicitly state that Patrick Clancy filed a separate lawsuit against the doctors who treated his former wife.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tom Clancy's Op Center (stylized as OP Center) is a 114-minute action-political thriller film which was edited-down from a 170-minute, 4-hour television miniseries of the same name that aired in two p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy's_Op_Center_(film)

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Claim 13: “Paul prescribed Clancy the common SSRI antidepressant Prozac on Nov. 21, 2022.”

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Claim 14: “Paul started the perinatal clinic in Weymouth, Mass., at South Shore Hospital”

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Claim 15: “Clancy is charged with three counts of first-degree murder”

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Multiple sources confirm she is charged with first-degree murder, including a report that she pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy didn’t have to be charged with first-degree murder. But the prosecutor is Tim Cruz. Too often, it seems, Cruz just wants the win.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/11/metro/plymouth-da-tim…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy. Charges. Three counts of murder, three counts of strangulation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury_child_killings

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy, charged with murdering her three young children in Duxbury in 2023, sits in Plymouth Superior Court on Feb.She has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and faces l…
https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2026/08/lindsay-cla…

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Claim 16: “the doctor concluded Clancy was not homicidal or suicidal even the day before killing her kids and trying to kill herself.”

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