The parents of Courtney Clenney, the former social media model accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend in their Miami condo back in 2022, were arrested in connection with the murder case, Miami-Dade prosecutors confirmed.
Online records from the Travis County Sheriff's Office in Texas show Kim and Deborah Clenney were booked Tuesday afternoon and face unspecified felony charges from out of state.
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The lawyers of Courtney Clenney's late boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, confirmed to NBC6 that the parents were arrested at their home in Austin on a warrant out of Miami that involves evidence tampering.
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TMZ first reported that the accusations centered around a laptop that belonged to Obumseli. According to his family's attorney, it involved deleting information.
Courtney Clenney's dad, Kim Clenney, allegedly went back to the couple's Edgewater condo after the fatal argument in April 2022 and found the laptop, which he ended up handing to his daughter's legal team, TMZ reported.
In a lengthy statement, Courtney Clenney's attorney called the charges a "power play by prosecutors to control the narrative."
"We’re extremely surprised and very concerned about the arrest of the Clenney family; this could be an example of prosecutorial overreach and misconduct," the statement read, in part. "It appears excessive in that the family is now confined in jail awaiting an extradition hearing on what may be an attempt to manipulate media headlines and discredit them before Thursday’s scheduled hearing on a gag order in the case ... We believe the Clenney family has been targeted with some trumped up charges to discredit them in the press and make their lives miserable."
On April 3, 2022, 27-year-old Obumseli was found fatally stabbed in the couple's luxury Edgewater condo, allegedly at the hands of Courtney Clenney.
Courtney Clenney, now 27, was arrested in August 2022 on a second-degree murder charge in the killing. She's being held without bond while she awaits trial.
Miami-Dade prosecutors said the couple had an "extremely tempestuous and combative relationship" and that Obumseli was the victim of domestic violence, while Courtney Clenney's attorneys have said she was the victim of an abusive relationship and that she stabbed him in self-defense.
