The CourtTV camera was panning along the row of journalists when it stopped on her. Everyone had a serious expression, except Brittany Romano, who grinned from ear to ear and winked at the lens. The problem was where she was standing: in the courtroom where Lindsay Clancy is on trial for strangling her three children in 2023.
Romano was covering the trial for Vanity Fair, the magazine that already had a personal essay of hers ready about her childhood relationship with Clancy — they both grew up in the same Connecticut town. One day after the viral video, Condé Nast canceled the essay and announced that Romano no longer has credentials with the brand.
She defended herself on Instagram: she said she smiled because her father, seeing her on television, texted her that she looked sad, and that the wink was for him. She also denied that Vanity Fair could ‘pull someone’s credentials’ when she had never been an employee, but rather a freelancer without a formal contract. Meanwhile, the trial over the deaths of three children continues in Plymouth, Massachusetts.