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Kevin Reddington previously said Clancy “owns” killing her children. Now he is attacking the investigation and questioning whether prosecutors proved she killed them at all.
Lindsay Clancy’s attorney has taken an extraordinary turn after her murder trial ended with an 11-1 deadlock, asking a Massachusetts judge where the evidence is that his client killed her three children at all.
Kevin Reddington made the argument while seeking a required finding of not guilty under Rule 25. Prosecutors immediately pointed out the contradiction. During the original case, the defense did not dispute that Clancy strangled Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, instead arguing postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible. Before trial, Reddington even said Clancy “takes responsibility” and “owns it.”
Now Reddington is attacking the absence of DNA, fingerprints and other physical evidence and asking where Clancy ever admitted killing the children. Prosecutors called the new position inconsistent with the defense presented at trial and pointed to evidence that Patrick Clancy was away collecting food and medication when the children were killed. Lindsay Clancy has also admitted in separate civil litigation that she strangled them.
The legal maneuver comes after Reddington repeatedly attacked the lone holdout juror who refused to join the other 11 in finding Clancy not criminally responsible. Judge William Sullivan has not ruled on the latest request, while prosecutors have sought restrictions on public comments from attorneys as they decide whether to retry the case. Another hearing is scheduled for November 2.
**Hot Take: **Reddington spent a trial arguing why Lindsay Clancy killed her children, not whether she did. Now he is tossing “who really did it?” fuel into an online conspiracy machine despite Clancy’s own admissions and no evidence of another killer. He did not name Patrick, but he knows exactly who the cranks already accuse. A defense attorney is entitled to fight every legal point available. He does not need to leave a grieving father standing beneath a cloud of insinuation while doing it.
Former inmates claim Sean Combs spends thousands each month buying an extraordinary level of comfort while his projected federal release moves forward again.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is reportedly enjoying an unusually comfortable existence inside FCI Fort Dix, with former inmates claiming the disgraced music mogul has access to smuggled phones, alcohol, nude photographs, special meals and massages.
Four former prisoners told NBC News that Combs pays other inmates to cook, clean, make his bed and handle his laundry, while one reportedly gives him Chinese-style massages. Sources also allege he has watched movies on a jailbroken tablet, purchased prescription medication from other prisoners and drunk premium liquor smuggled into the facility.
Combs is serving 50 months after his 2025 convictions on two prostitution-related counts. He was acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. His projected release date has reportedly moved forward again, from an original May 2028 date to January 21, 2028.
**Hot Take: **Prison apparently looks considerably different when you arrive with money and a payroll. Massages, curry, Hennessy and somebody cleaning the shower before you use it sounds less Shawshank and more the world’s worst all-inclusive resort. The only amenity nobody seems able to sell Diddy is the front-door key.
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Martine Singer says her family has been changed forever as Rob and Michele Reiner’s surviving children continue grieving while their brother awaits trial.
Michele Singer Reiner’s sister has spoken publicly about her family’s “unimaginable” loss nine months after Michele and husband Rob Reiner were stabbed to death inside their Brentwood home.
Martine Singer said the family will never fully escape the scar left by the killings and described herself as fiercely protective of surviving siblings Jake and Romy Reiner. She remembered Michele and Rob as an inseparable couple who were generous supporters of her work with vulnerable children and families in Los Angeles.
Their son Nick Reiner, 33, has pleaded not guilty to two murder counts carrying special-circumstance allegations. Prosecutors have decided against seeking execution, meaning life without parole is the maximum punishment if he is convicted.
**Hot Take: **Murder trials inevitably turn victims into names in an indictment and photographs on courtroom screens. Martine Singer’s words drag the focus back where it belongs. Two people are dead, two children lost their parents, and another sits accused of causing the devastation.
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The convicted killer said losing his assistantship would “virtually upend my life” as he planned to return to Washington State University after the Idaho murders.
Bryan Kohberger was fighting to return to Washington State University and regain his teaching assistant job days before police arrested him for murdering four University of Idaho students.
WSU terminated Kohberger’s assistantship on December 19, 2022, following problems with his performance and reported confrontations with a faculty member. Two days later, he appealed, arguing that losing the position meant losing his income and health insurance and would make continuing his criminology PhD financially impossible.
Kohberger was arrested nine days later for the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. WSU immediately suspended him. He eventually pleaded guilty in 2025 and received four consecutive life sentences, although he is now seeking post-conviction relief and attempting to withdraw those pleas.
**Hot Take: **Nine days before his arrest for four murders, Kohberger was writing about his “journey towards self-actualization” and begging to return to a criminology department. Whatever happens with his latest legal challenge, the letter is an extraordinary snapshot of the future he was still planning while investigators were closing in.
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Owens is questioning why Charlie and Erika Kirk were scheduled to update their wills four days after his assassination, adding another mystery to her growing list.
Candace Owens has zeroed in on another curious detail surrounding Charlie Kirk’s assassination, after a Vanity Fair profile revealed Kirk and wife Erika had been scheduled to update their wills four days after he was killed.
Owens highlighted the timing while continuing to scrutinize Erika’s rapid appointment as CEO of Turning Point USA following her husband’s September 2025 murder. She also argued the Vanity Fair profile itself raised serious questions about Erika’s political experience and readiness to inherit leadership of the organization Charlie built.
The planned will change does not establish wrongdoing, and Owens has not presented evidence connecting it to Kirk’s murder. But it joins a growing collection of details she believes deserve closer examination, from the circumstances surrounding Erika’s succession to questions over how Turning Point has explained Charlie’s plans for the organization before his death.
Hot Take: Candace Owens keeps doing something much of the media seems strangely allergic to: noticing odd details and asking questions about them. A married couple planning to rewrite their wills four days after one of them is assassinated proves nothing by itself. It is still one hell of a coincidence, and there is nothing unreasonable about wanting to know what they planned to change.
