Judge Rules in Favor of OnlyFans Model Accused of Murdering Nigerian Boyfriend, Excludes Laptop Contents as Evidence in Murder Case

On Wednesday, June 26, the court case involving OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney, who is charged with killing her boyfriend Christian Obumseli, took a new turn.

Whether or not a crucial piece of evidence will be admitted into court was the topic of the hearing.

The 28-year-old influencer was seen sitting in a Miami courtroom wearing a red jumpsuit. She is accused of killing her lover, Christian Obumseli, in their Miami high-rise on April 3, 2022.

Judge Laura Shearon Cruz of the Miami-Dade Circuit Court made a decision on Wednesday on the exclusion of a crucial piece of evidence about the suspect's parents.

"I am granting the defendant’s motion, in part as a motion to exclude [evidence], and I’m granting it," Cruz said.

In a case involving computer hacking against Clenney and her parents, the judge ruled in favour of Clenney's defense, finding that the prosecution had violated a well-established legal precept in collecting the evidence.

Later, Jude Faccidomo, a lawyer for Clenney, discussed Cruz's decision with the media. 

"They have entered the defense camp and invaded the attorney-client privilege," he said. "The next steps for the state’s attorney office is to dismiss the charges against my client and recuse themselves from the homicide case against Courtney Clenney."

Clenney is accused with second-degree murder in connection with Obumseli's fatal stabbing at their opulent Edgewater condominium.

Prosecutors also accused the suspect's parents, Deborah and Kim Dewayne Clenney, and their daughter, who is accused of murder, of hacking into Obumseli's laptop earlier this year.

After gaining access to Dewayne's iCloud account, state attorneys discovered texts indicating that, following Obumseli's passing, the family was collaborating with defense lawyers to attempt to guess passwords in order to access the laptop. They eventually gained entry.

The parents' defense lawyers claimed that Clenney and Obumseli shared the computer and that the parents had permission to use it.

The defense lawyers were not prosecuted for laptop theft. All three of the Clenney family members were, though.

"What happened was, they read through attorney-client privilege communications. That’s not proper,” said Faccidomo. “That’s a violation of their privacy rights, and because of that, Judge Cruz excluded any evidence they discovered because of it."

Cruz decided on Wednesday that the communications will not be included as evidence in the homicide case, ending a protracted legal battle for the defence.

August has been set aside as the date for this case's next hearing.