A social media model accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend in their luxury Miami condo was back in court Thursday where a judge denied her release on bond while she awaits trial. NBC 6’s Jessica Vallejo reports.
A social media model accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend in their luxury Miami condo was back in court Thursday where a judge denied her release on bond while she awaits trial.
Courtney Clenney, 26, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the fatal April 3 stabbing of her boyfriend, 27-year-old Christian Obumseli.
Clenney, clad in an orange prison jumpsuit, wiped tears from her eyes as Miami-Dade Judge Laura Shearon Cruz announced in court Thursday that she was denying bond in the case, siding with prosecutors who said she's a flight risk.
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Defense attorneys have argued that Clenney was legally justified when she killed Obumseli in the couple’s Edgewater high-rise.
"No ands, ifs, or buts about it. She called [911] immediately. She acted in self-defense," defense attorney Frank Prieto said at a hearing last month.
Prosecutors had sought to keep Clenney in jail. They've argued that Clenney wasn’t the victim in what was a toxic relationship, but the aggressor.
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Clenney said she threw a knife at Obumseli as he attacked her inside their apartment. Prosecutors said evidence revealed a close contact stab wound, not a knife being thrown at the victim.
Clenney was arrested and charged in August. She will remain behind bars while she awaits trial, but is due back in court on Feb. 6th.
"Obviously we are disappointed with the judge’s ruling. We are going to dissect her opinion," Prieto said Thursday. "Just on a brief review of it, there are some things that we believe are not supported by the record and we will make a decision whether or not we appeal her ruling."
Clenney, who went by the name Courtney Tailor on social media including OnlyFans, had more than 2 million Instagram followers.
