Murder Trial Twist: Kevin Reddington Demands Testimony from Mysterious TikTok Insider at McLean Hospital

Now defense attorney Kevin Reddington wants to call Thorndike as a witness after being alerted to her videos.

“Her involvement in this case came about after the prosecutor made it out on direct exam that McLean is some kind of a five-star institution,” Reddington said.

In his official motion to call Thorndike, Reddington argued, “Ms. Thorndike’s testimony would be limited to her experience and observations of the routine policies, staffing structure, clinical roles, patient care practice, and operation of the short-term unit as personally observed during her employment at McLean.

“Ms. Thorndike was incensed over the cross-examination of Patrick Clancy wherein the prosecutor intimated that McLean Hospital was one of the best hospitals in the country and that Lindsay Clancy was offered a number of therapeutic and counselling type interventions while at McLean from December 31, 2022 through Jan. 4, 2023.”

He added, “Ms. Thorndike would like to testify to the actual facts of the staffing and lack of resources during weekend and holiday periods, as well as the repeated use of clay, coloring books, and purported group therapy sessions, supervised by unqualified individuals who have no psychiatric or social work experience.”

However, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague argued that Thorndike should not be allowed to testify because she was not at the facility when Clancy was there, having left the hospital a year before Clancy’s admission.

“In this case we deal in facts. We’re presenting facts to the jury. We’re not presenting somebody’s opinion about what kind of care the defendant got during her time at McLean,” Sprague said. “This isn’t someone who’s proposed to be an expert… She’s been following the trial.”

Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan did not rule on the defense’s motion for Thorndike to testify, but took arguments under advisement.

He said he is inclined to have Thorndike come into the courtroom for questioning during voir dire without the jury present.