True crime influencer charged over secret recording of Clancy's father

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Oct, 19:45 · Archive

A true crime influencer has been charged with felony wiretapping after allegedly posting a secretly recorded phone call with Patrick Clancy's father to Instagram.

Shawna Gramkow, a 46-year-old from Sanford, Florida, was charged with one count of unlawful wiretapping on 20 October for posting audio to her Instagram account saltylunatics. The recording allegedly involved Christopher Clancy, the father of Patrick Clancy, whose former wife Lindsay Clancy is on trial for the deaths of her three young children.

Gramkow told her followers that during Lindsay Clancy's trial, her lawyer Kevin Reddington had read aloud what she claimed was Patrick Clancy's phone number. She said one of her audience members had called the number, and that during this call Patrick Clancy's father had remained on the line, "mumbling", unaware the phone was still recording. The audio posted to Instagram was described as "mostly unintelligible" in court papers, though Christopher Clancy recognised some of his own comments as relating to his eldest son Brian.

Christopher Clancy told police he had accidentally answered the call from an unknown number on 6 August whilst driving, instead of declining it. He filed a police report on 7 September after hearing his voice in Gramkow's Instagram post. According to the charging documents, the person on the other end of the phone had recorded his comments without his knowledge or consent.

How it is being reported

• Lindsay Clancy true-crime fanatic accused of posting secret recording of Patrick Clancy’s dadA Lindsay Clancy-obsessed true crime influencer has been charged with posting on social media a secretly recorded call with the accused killer mom's ex-father-in-law.New York Post · 30 Oct, 19:24
• Clancy father targeted in alleged wiretap as medical lawsuits hint at strategy split: copsShawna Gramkow faces felony wiretapping charges after allegedly recording Patrick Clancy's father without consent and posting the clip to Instagram.Fox News · 30 Oct, 14:57

In this story: Shawna Gramkow · Patrick Clancy · Christopher Clancy · Lindsay Clancy · Sanford

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