Crime

Lindsay Clancy's legal team is now making a dramatically different argument than it did at her murder trial ... claiming there's no evidence she killed her three children at all.

Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington told Judge William Sullivan Tuesday she never admitted to doing anything and argued the evidence doesn't establish that she was the one who killed the children -- a major shift from the defense at trial, when her lawyers argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and lacked criminal responsibility.

Prosecutors are pushing back and asking for another trial, arguing there was enough evidence for a jury to find Clancy criminally responsible. A Nov. 2 hearing is now on the calendar, when the court could potentially set a date for a retrial.

Reddington also accused President Trump and Rep. Nancy Mace of helping turn the case into a media circus, pointing to Trump's public comments and Mace's interview with TMZ DC, telling Jacob that Clancy should be publicly executed.

10:38 AM PT ... Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... investigators do not believe the latest alleged ransom note sent to one of Nancy's female friends is credible. We're told there are some "weird things" about the note and investigators are more than suspicious that a friend of Nancy's would receive a legit extortion ransom note 8 months after the fact.

Investigators are breathing new life into the Nancy Guthrie case, saying they are looking into the veracity of a “new possible ransom note."

The Pima County Sheriff's Office announced they have recently been made aware of the note, along with social media comments about it ... and they are now probing with the FBI to see if the note is authentic. The contents of the note were not released.

As you know ... the 84-year-old Guthrie was kidnapped from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in the early morning hours of February 1, 2026. A masked intruder was caught on a doorbell camera lurking at her front door before the abduction ... and the FBI released footage of the suspect.

The woman who claims she was drugged and gang-raped by seven Cornell students inside a frat house texted with one of the men she named in her lawsuit two days after the alleged encounter ... he apologized, and she told him the "sexual stuff" wasn't illegal.

CBS News New York obtained screenshots of a text message conversation between the woman and one of the seven men she sued ... and he apologized for "how things went down."

The frat bro says he should have "shut it down and kick people out before it got way out of hand."

The woman told him her memory was "super clouded too" and said, "non[e] of the sexual stuff was illegal."

The holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy's murder case is asking the public to stop focusing on him and to turn their attention back to the three young children who lost their lives.

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Diego Sarabia -- one of the seven Cornell University fraternity brothers accused of taking part in an alleged 2024 gang rape -- is out of a job at Wells Fargo amid the revived criminal investigation.

A suspect from Florida made it rain in Texas ... throwing stacks of cash out of a car window in the middle of a police pursuit ... and it's all on video.

Dashcam video from the Pearland Police Department -- located just south of Houston -- captured it all ... two cop cars are chasing a GMC Sierra when suddenly, stacks of the Federal Reserve's finest start flying.

The driver doesn't slow down as the bills flutter to the ground ... covering the street.

A New York Times tech executive was allegedly shot to death by his in-laws in California ... and new court documents claim he was involved in a heated battle with his estranged wife and her parents over his transition.

The Mercury News reports that Jonathan McKinsey was fatally shot Saturday in a parking lot at a sports complex in Dublin, CA.

Police arrested McKinsey's elderly in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen -- both 77 -- on suspicion of murder and other charges.

Citing court documents, the outlet reports that McKinsey filed a restraining order in response to his estranged wife, Candice Jang, filing her own restraining order against him in 2025. 

Mariska Hargitay may play a cop on TV ... but she's not standing by the "innocent until proven guilty" principle here -- jumping on social media to bash the alleged Cornell gang rapists.

The "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star reposted a blue square with white text written on it which reads, "Yes I think we actually *should* ruin the futures of adult men who drug and gang rape a woman, thanks for asking."

She posted other photos about the alleged incident as well ... including one begging men to call the cops if someone is being gang raped -- and another claiming 57 people were in the fraternity group chat where "Free p****y" was allegedly advertised and "NOT one of them stopped it."

10:47 AM PT -- Closing arguments have concluded and the jury is now deliberating.

Former "American Idol" contestant Caleb Flynn is entering the home stretch of his murder trial ... it's time for closing arguments ... and TMZ is streaming live.

Both sides rested their cases Monday ... prosecutors called 40 witnesses. Flynn did not testify, and his defense did not call any witnesses ... his attorneys argued there was no direct or forensic evidence tying him to his wife's fatal shooting.

Now, prosecutors and the defense will make their final speeches to the jury before deliberations.

A Tennessee Death Row inmate says she feels a true connection with Lindsay Clancy, saying they share "uniquely female issues" as she faces state execution for her crimes this week.

Christa Pike, 48, will be executed by lethal injection Wednesday at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville for the brutal 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Recently, Pike sat down for a wide-ranging interview with The Times during which she made the Clancy comparison.

She told the reporter ... “I feel a kinship with Lindsay. We are both females who got into trouble because of uniquely female issues. One thing is different, however, is that times have changed a lot on awareness of women’s issues since I was put on trial."

The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial is breaking his silence on camera following the dramatic mistrial ... and he's asking the public for one wish, to shift its attention away from him and back on the 3 young lives lost.

Michael Desronvil appeared on Fox News' "Hannity," where he addressed the intense fallout surrounding the jury's deadlock and the criticism he's faced since the case ended without a verdict.

The juror states in the brief video, "I know the whole focus has been on me, but we want to reel everything back and put the focus on the three angels."

Desronvil became the center of attention after jurors deadlocked over whether Clancy was legally responsible for the deaths of her three young children.

The bar accused of serving alcohol to the Cornell student who says she was later drugged and gang-raped by seven Cornell fraternity brothers is firing back ... saying it never served her a drop because she was under 21.

Moonies tells TMZ in a statement ... it hosted a private Tri Delta event on Oct. 19, 2024, with about 185 guests -- including 35 who were under 21.

According to the lawsuit, Jane Doe had already been drinking at her sorority house before heading to Moonies, then another bar ... and eventually the Chi Phi house, where she claims fraternity members drugged her with ketamine and sexually assaulted her.

Two of the seven Cornell fraternity members accused of drugging and gang-raping a female student are seemingly still enrolled at the Ivy League school ... even after Cornell said its investigation resulted in expulsions and suspensions.

Cornell's student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, reports the university directory lists Winston Lee and Gillio Lopes as current students in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Diego Sarabia, who is also accused, is listed as an alumnus.

The Sun says it could not confirm the academic status of the other four accused men -- Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Scott Norris, or Scott Kretzschmar. Their colleges reportedly are listed as "not applicable" in the directory.

Cornell University says the students disciplined over the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape faced far more than essay duty ... revealing some were expelled or suspended following its investigation.

A Cornell spokesperson tells TMZ ... the school conducted a months-long Title IX probe, using temporary suspensions and other restrictions while the allegations were investigated.

The case then went before a panel of "trained faculty and staff," which heard evidence over several days and gave both the accuser and respondents a chance to testify.

Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of scamming her many investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars and ordered to pay $452 million in restitution ... but after more than 3 years in prison, she says she's now fighting to prove she did nothing wrong.

Holmes -- the former CEO of the blood testing company Theranos -- posted a message on X Sunday night, and kicked things off by saying that she was "silenced for a long time ... and then imprisoned."

She then said she's "fighting to prove my innocence and come home to my babies and the love of my life," referring to her husband, Billy Evans.

The woman accusing seven Cornell fraternity brothers of drugging and gang-raping her claims the alleged attack drove her out of school ... and she says she's terrified the men could retaliate against her if she's identified.

In a sworn statement filed with the court and obtained by TMZ, the Jane Doe says she stopped attending Cornell after the alleged October 2024 assault at the Chi Phi fraternity house.

She says exposing her identity could damage the life she's worked to rebuild, including her career and personal relationships ... and claims the possibility of being publicly named has caused her extreme anxiety, depression and sleepless nights.

The holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder case had "zero doubt" that the mother of 3 was guilty of murder, according to his attorney, who is now pushing back on claims his client didn't follow the law.

Edward Paltzik -- the lawyer for Michael P. Desronvil -- sat down for a recent interview with Fox News' Kayleigh McEnany and defended Desronvil against criticism from fellow jurors in the Clancy triple murder case.

In the short clip, a preview of a full interview that will air today ... Kayleigh asks Paltzik if Desronvil had even a modicum of doubt after the jury foreperson fired off a note to the judge, accusing him of not following the law on reasonable doubt.