On Wednesday August 10, 2022, Courtney Clenney, an American influencer, was arrested for the murder of her companion which occurred four months earlier at their Miami home.
Influencer extremely followed on OnlyFans and counting more than two million subscribers on Instagram, Courtney Taylor, whose real name Courtney Clenney was arrested on Wednesday August 10. She is accused of killing her partner, Christian “Toby” Obumseli, on April 3 while the couple was at their home in Miami. She allegedly attacked him by sticking a knife in his chest, puncturing an artery and causing his death.
At the time of her arrest, Courtney Clenney was in Hawaii, in a drug rehabilitation center where she was undergoing treatment for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) as well as substance abuse. Frank Prieto, the lawyer for the 26-year-old young woman, reacted after her arrest. He told the magazine RollingStone : “We are completely shocked by Courtney’s arrest, given the clear evidence of self-defense in this case.“.
Christian Obumseli was allegedly a victim of domestic violence
If Courtney Clenney has always proclaimed her innocence by explaining that she acted in self-defense after being abused by her boyfriend, Miami-Dade State’s Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle disagrees. During a press conference on Thursday, August 11, she revealed that she had evidence against the influencer and claimed that it is Christian Obumseli who was allegedly the victim of domestic violence.
In a video recovered thanks to a surveillance camera and recorded a few weeks before the death of the young man, Courtney Clenney appears shoving and hitting his mate next to the elevator of their residence. For his part, the man remains calm, tries to react without violence and to control his partner. “I think the video shows well what their relationship was like and who the abuser was.“said Katherine Fernandez Rundle. Courtney Clenney should soon be extradited to Florida to be judged there.