Wednesday 31 August 2022 06:58 PM OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney pleads not guilty to murder of boyfriend ... trends now
OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney pleaded not guilty on Wednesday through her lawyer to the second-degree murder of her boyfriend Christian 'Toby' Obumseli months after he was stabbed to death in their Florida home.
Clenney was not present for the brief two-minute hearing before Florida Judge Diana Vizcaino in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. She remains jailed at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami after being extradited from Hawaii.
The former OnlyFans model made her plea through her attorney Frank Prieto.
'We'll stand on our written pleadings to not guilty your honor,' Prieto told the court.
Prieto has promised in a filing statement to the court that they will 'mount a vigorous defense in her favor.'
Clenney was formally charged in the April 3 slaying five days after she arrived in Miami-Dade after being extradited from Hawaii, where she was arrested earlier this month where she was in rehab for substance abuse.
Her next scheduled court appearance is September 6.
Courtney Clenney, 26, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday through her lawyer to the second-degree murder of her boyfriend Christian 'Toby' Obumseli months after he was stabbed to death in their Florida home on April 3. She was not in court on Wednesday
Christian Obumseli (above) was stabbed to death on April 3 in the Miami apartment he shared with Clenney
Clenney, who goes by the name Courtney Tailor online and has millions of social media followers, is accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend Christian 'Toby' Obumseli on April 3 during a heated argument at their luxury high-rise Miami apartment.
Prosecutors say Clenney is the culprit, arguing she had a long history of attacking Obumseli, who was unarmed at the time of his killing.
But her attorneys say she is the victim of domestic abuse and argue that she acted in self-defense.
The defense is still seeking to limit the release of evidence in the case and have said they are worried about 'adult' photos and videos that might be part of the prosecutor's case, the Miami Herald reported.
'It is anticipated that most, if not all of the adult content and sexually explicit materials are irrelevant to the State's case-in-chief,' Prieto wrote in a filing to the court.
'Courtney Clenney should be judged by the admissible evidence (subject to judicial scrutiny) and not on her lifestyle choices.'
To bolster her self-defense story, Clenney's attorney previously asked that Obumseli's corpse be dug up and inspected by a medical examiner.
Miami Attorney Katherine Fernandez said Clenney claimed to have stabbed Obumseli in the chest after he grabbed her by the throat at their luxury apartment in the One Paraiso building in Edgewater, Miami in April, according to the Miami Herald.
Clenney said she threw the knife at her boyfriend from more than 10 feet away, but Fernandez said the autopsy revealed a deep wound that could only be done at a close distance.
The OnlyFans model was temporarily arrested after cops found her coated in blood on her balcony, but was later released because they believed she had acted in self-defense.
Frank Prieto, Clenney's attorney, suggest that she is innocent and acted in self defense after her boyfriend grabbed her by the throat
Staff and residents at the One Paraiso building where they lived in Miami reported multiple domestic disturbance complaints about the couple
Obumseli's body was buried in Texas following his death.
