Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has dramatically offered 'asylum' to the lone holdout juror who torpedoed an acquittal in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial – accusing the media of trying to smear the man after bombshell details about his past emerged.

The Republican governor leapt to the unidentified juror's defense after NBC Boston reported how he had previously faced a domestic violence charge and was subject to an active restraining order while serving on the jury for the explosive triple-murder trial.

The domestic violence charge was later dismissed, NBC Boston reported.

DeSantis accused the network of targeting the juror simply because he refused to join the other 11 members of the panel in finding Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.

'A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected,' DeSantis wrote on X.

'Another low for legacy media.'

The Florida governor then made an offer to the man: 'If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum - I'm sure he'd be welcomed and appreciated.'

Clancy, 36, a former labor and delivery nurse, was charged with killing her three young children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, at the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.

She admitted killing the children, but her attorneys argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and was not criminally responsible for her actions.

After seven grueling days of deliberations, the jury remained split 11-1, with the holdout refusing to join his colleagues in returning a not-guilty verdict on the grounds of mental disease or defect.

Judge William Sullivan ultimately declared a mistrial on September 4.

The juror's role in the deadlock has since come under intense scrutiny, particularly after fellow panel members began publicly describing what unfolded behind closed doors.

But DeSantis's intervention came after that scrutiny took a dramatic new turn Friday, when NBC Boston published details about the holdout's past.

The station reported that the man was charged in 2021 following an alleged confrontation with his then-wife.

According to a police report obtained by NBC10, the man's then-13-year-old nephew called 911 and alleged that he saw his uncle grab the woman around the throat and throw her into a dresser.