Patrick Clancy’s 60 Minutes Interview & What Was Left Unsaid

Stephanie Soo (0:03)

I cannot stress this enough, please do your absolute best not to get sued for defamation. It is like, I can't say much, not that I've been sued for defamation, but even just any season, anything with lawyers, it's a lot of money that I think people are not realizing. Like when you were throwing on a TikTok, just think real quick before you post it, because it will consume your entire life, and it could wipe you dry of a lot of money.

Earlier this month, Patrick Clancy's attorney released a statement. And in short, it states, over the past months, Patrick Clancy and his family have been subjected to a relentless, escalating and destructive defamation campaign. This campaign of misinformation has been launched and promoted by minor celebrities, so-called influencers and outright conspiracy theorists who appear intent on boosting their own social media profiles and potential profit by publishing what they know to be outright falsehoods that Patrick was somehow involved in the death of his young children and other vile claims. Patrick's attorney states that this has resulted in real-life threats to his reputation, livelihood and life, which this is kind of like the foundational basis of a defamation lawsuit is here's what happened, here's the lie, here's the impact. Quote, enough is enough. This spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop. 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.

I guess you could say this is like a blanket season desist for the general public and a lot of TikToks that I've been seeing, but it's not really, but you get what I'm saying. And I will say that Patrick has multiple attorneys. I think one thing that people have also been holding on to is that Patrick Clancy did retain a criminal defense attorney. People thought that was very strange. Now, I will give some context. It is pretty typical. When you are a witness and you testify on the stand, you're not, that is the type of attorney that you do get.

So this is not some sort of like, ooh, something strange is happening. That's weird. This is a very typical thing. Even Reddington was representing, well, Jen McKay, but that's a different story, right? So it's just, it's a thing. But one thing that I can say is, we've seen this with cases before, where people start pointing fingers at other individuals who are not the ones that are formally charged. And we've seen this before in cases, and I've said it before too, is that when people start pointing fingers at other individuals who are not the ones that are formally charged, typically it's accompanied by some sort of conversation about the investigation itself, leaving a lot to be desired. I can't help but wonder and feel that a lot of that blame should be on the investigators. If the investigation had been so thorough, and just to give you an idea of how un-thorough it's been, they left a whole drawer full of pill bottles and the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch that Lindsay had obsessively been wearing was left in the nightstand next to the very open window where Lindsay Clancy went out of, and on top of this very nightstand was the bloody knife that was apparently used for all of the marks on Lindsay, the cuts on Lindsay's wrist and neck. That drawer had a bunch of pill bottles that now the Commonwealth is saying she crushed up these pills and then drank them in her lemonade.

She was trying to drug herself and self-exit. All of those pill bottles and the Apple Watch was inside the drawer that the police did not take in their search warrant.

SPEAKER_2 (3:46)

So how do we find out that it was not taken or it was even there?

Stephanie Soo (3:49)

So Reddington goes to the house after he's hired and he's with Patrick Clancy and he's looking around the house. He opens the drawer and he's like, what the fuck? Well, he didn't say that, but basically his demeanor and the way that he presents this information in court is like, what the fuck?

SPEAKER_2 (4:03)

That's wild because these are the drugs that she took, right?

Stephanie Soo (4:06)

Yes. They also find a ton of pill bottles. Well, they don't find Patrick Clancy comes in a little bit later to the police station with the pill bottles that he was keeping in his truck that are Lindsey's pill bottles. So there's a lot of like weird, just strange. Some electronic devices are taken in during the search warrant. Others are not. Why not? They're in the house. If you're taking one, why not all?