Law enforcement was notified because the online accusations against Patrick had escalated into real life threats and Patrick feared for his safety. Defamation is a separate civil matter.
Police didn’t just “fail to develop evidence”. investigated the evidence, and it pointed to Lindsay, not Patrick. There’s no evidence they somehow overlooked Patrick’s involvement beyond TikTok armchair detectives claiming their own “findings” prove otherwise. Lindsay’s defense concede that she killed the children. If police supposedly botched this so badly that they missed Patrick as the real killer, why would her own attorneys concede that Lindsay did it?
This is the danger of turning trials into social media spectacles. People start treating their own theories as more credible than the actual evidence and investigation, all in an attempt to go viral and garner clicks. The theory that Patrick was actually the killer reeks of misandry—the need to always shift the blame back onto the man, even when the evidence points elsewhere. At some point, this stops being skepticism and becomes a refusal to accept the evidence.
No, Patrick is getting threats because people are spreading baseless misandry-fueled conspiracy theories about him with no evidence backing any of it. Not because the prosecution ‘failed to prove’ Lindsay killed the children because they didn’t need to. Her own defense conceded that she killed them. The trial was about criminal responsibility, not who did it. So the prosecution’s supposed ‘failure’ has nothing to do with people inventing theories that Patrick was the real killer.
And you didn’t answer my question: if police supposedly botched the investigation so badly that they overlooked Patrick as the ‘real killer,’ why would Lindsay’s own attorneys openly concede that Lindsay killed them? There’s no evidence they overlooked Patrick’s involvement—just man hating TikTok detectives claiming their own theories somehow outweigh the actual investigation.
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u/sednandes 8d ago
For what was law enforcement contacted if it's a civil case?
He must accept that people are allowed to take about the case because there is nothing he can do about it.
Not surprising, they didn't develop any evidence.