A Massachusetts murder case has become entangled in an online argument that has little to do with the courtroom itself. Earlier this month, a jury deadlocked in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother charged with first-degree murder in the January 2023 deaths of her three children, who were each strangled with exercise bands. Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict, with one juror holding out for a not guilty finding.
That outcome has since been pulled into an unrelated debate over an advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney, whose promotional spot for the betting company Novig drew criticism from some athletes and commentators who argued it sexualized women and undercut progress made by the women’s movement.
OutKick host Craig Carton, who hosts “The Craig Carton Show,” weighed in on both controversies together, arguing that critics of the Sweeney ad and defenders of Clancy come from the same group of people. “The world’s going crazy when it comes to the photographs of Sydney Sweeney,” Carton said. “‘Oh, we’re sexualizing women. It’s not right. It’s setting the women’s movement back 100 years.’ No, you’re just ugly. That’s what that is.”
Carton went further, dividing commentators into what he called “crazy” and “non-crazy” camps based on their reactions to the two stories. “Consider for a moment that the non-crazy side loves those pictures of Sydney Sweeney. The crazy side would rather support, I don’t know, Lindsay Clancy. She’s a hero to the crazy side. I saw one of those gals come out this morning legitimately refer to her as heroic. She killed her three children. She killed her own children. But for the crazies, ‘Man, she gets it. She represents us.’ For the non-crazies, she belongs in prison for the rest of her life,” Carton said.
He summarized his view bluntly: “Crazy people hate Sydney Sweeney. Crazy people love Clancy. Non-crazy people love Sydney Sweeney. Non-crazy people think Clancy should be behind bars for the rest of her life.”
The Clancy case remains unresolved after the mistrial, with prosecutors and the defense left to determine next steps following the deadlocked jury. The Sweeney ad controversy, meanwhile, remains a matter of public debate over its content rather than any legal proceeding.
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