Social media loves Lindsay Clancy's defense lawyer Kevin Reddington, aka 'Shreddington'
Kevin Reddington, a 75-year-old lawyer defending Lindsay Clancy on charges that she murdered her three children, has developed a significant fan base on social media. (Photo by Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via the Asscociated Press)
As the jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse charged with strangling and killing her three small children in 2023, starts its fifth day of deliberations, social media continues to celebrate Kevin Reddington—her 75-year-old defense lawyer who has been trying cases for more than 40 years.
He’s also known as “Big Redd” and “Shreddington,” the New Haven Register reports, and there are more than 16,000 TikTok videos that include the hashtag #kevinreddington. One video, with a photo of Reddington standing behind the counsel table, leaning on a chair, says, “If I send you this, you’re pissing me off.” The caption is “Big Redd my favorite diva,” and the post by a TikTok user with the handle “keels” has more than 123,000 likes.
Clancy’s defense is that she should not be held criminally responsible as she was suffering from overmedication, bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis. During the trial, Reddington has had heated exchanges with Massachusetts Superior Court Judge William Sullivan, who is presiding over the case, and has taken Clancy’s former psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Tufts, to task. He’s also called out the district attorney outside the courthouse and in front of reporters for not offering Clancy a plea deal.
Like many lawyers who are often in court, Reddington usually takes questions on the go. The New Haven Register noted that the courthouse has a podium set up outside to make remarks at after court, but Reddington rarely uses it.
“He answers nearly every question, often curtly, and has even stopped for one-on-one interviews before climbing into his forest-green Ford Bronco, where he sometimes sits alone for several minutes before driving away,” according to the article.
The story also noted that Reddington has a personalized license plate that reads “NG,” which presumably stands for “not guilty.”
He does have some opposition—or “opps,” as it’s sometimes referred to on social media. That includes TV hosts Nancy Grace and Sean Hannity.
“This weekend has been horrific with the coverage, and by that, I mean Mr. Hannity, with his men, discussing every little inch of Lindsay’s symptoms and criticizing. Nancy Grace, to coin a phrase, the ‘queen of mean,’ who misrepresents facts,” Reddington said outside court in late August.
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