BOSTON — An attorney who has previously represented President Donald Trump has taken on a new client: the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial, whom the lawyer is describing as an “American Hero and Champion of Justice.”

Attorney Edward Andrew Paltzik confirmed that he is representing the juror, who he says has been “viciously attacked,” vowing that the “evil people” unleashing on his client will be “held accountable to the maximum extent of the law and beyond.”

The juror, whom Paltzik did not reference by name in his initial statement Thursday evening, has been identified in court records and news reports as a 48-year-old father from Bridgewater from a Haitian immigrant family.

“Please pray for him and help us protect him,” Paltzik said of the juror, adding that his client is “presently safe and sound at an undisclosed secure location in a rural area of Northern New England.”

“This American Hero and Champion of Justice loves the United States of America as the greatest country in the world,” Paltzik wrote in a social media post, “cherishes our sacred Constitution as the pinnacle of human liberty; and supports our amazing leader, President Donald J. Trump, as a fellow defender of common-sense, liberty, and sanity.”

Paltzik added that the juror is not backing down from the threats and attacks he has faced since Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in the weeks-long case at Plymouth Superior Court on Sept. 4.

That juror “has persevered and remains utterly unbroken thanks to his devout Catholic Faith,” Paltzik stated. “As a devoted father and man of God, he will not be defeated or shattered by the wicked who wish harm upon him.”

Paltzik, a partner at Taylor Dykema, has represented Trump in multiple high-profile legal disputes, including an October 2024 lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris that ended in a $16 million settlement allocated to Trump’s presidential library.

Paltzik has also represented Trump in disputes involving the BBC and The New York Times.

The legal drama has quickly drawn national political figures into the fray. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signaled support for the juror following an NBC10 Boston report detailing allegations in the juror’s past.

“A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it,” DeSantis wrote in a post on X, “so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media. If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum — I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated.”

The juror broke his silence through a statement shared with NewsNation earlier Thursday, disputing claims from fellow jurors that he failed to engage during deliberations.

“I didn’t have any doubts,” he said in the statement. “As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present. Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she (Clancy) knew exactly what she was doing and planned.”

The public feud unfolds as Judge Sullivan has indefinitely impounded the list of jurors who sat for the trial, citing potential safety threats.

“There have been threats made to at least one juror,” Sullivan noted in an order temporarily impounding jury pool lists kept by the Plymouth County courthouse clerk.

After over a month of testimony and roughly 38 hours of deliberations, the 12-member panel repeatedly informed Sullivan they were deadlocked 11-1. Eleven jurors favored finding Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity, while the other stood as the single holdout for a guilty verdict.

Clancy, 36, is accused of strangling her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — at their Duxbury home in January 2023. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued at trial that Clancy suffered from severe postpartum psychosis and could not be held criminally responsible.

In a separate update early Friday morning, Paltzik insisted that neither he nor his client will participate in media interviews for now.

“We are focused entirely on his health, safety, and well-being,” Paltzik said. “There will be a time for accountability and a time for the real story of the Lindsay Clancy Trial to be told. But not right now. Any attempts to contact our Heroic Lone Holdout Juror will not be well-taken.”

The Herald is not naming the juror and left messages with his attorney.

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