An OnlyFans model accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend at their Miami condo four years ago is heading to prison after accepting a plea deal in the case on Monday.
Courtney Clenney faced a second-degree murder charge in the April 2022 death of her 27-year-old boyfriend, Christian Obumseli.
Under the terms of the deal, Clenney pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
She was sentenced to six years in prison, with credit for time served, followed by five years of probation. She must also undergo a mental health evaluation and treatment.
Clenney had been facing up to 30 years in prison if she’d been found guilty of the second-degree murder charge.
Clenney, 30, has remained jailed without bond since her arrest in 2022, so she’ll spend about two more years behind bars.
Her attorneys said that they will have a news conference following the hearing.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle released a statement after the hearing.
With this plea agreement, Christian Obumseli’s family finally heard what they long sought: Courtney Clenney accepting full responsibility for his death.
“This plea was reached in full consultation and approval of Christian’s family,” the statement read. “The Assistant State Attorneys handling this case have remained focused on the core evidence that Clenney stabbed Christian Obumseli as part of a pattern of escalating violence toward him. While nothing can heal the wounds caused on that day in April, I hope today’s guilty plea brings his family a measure of justice too long denied.”
The case against Clenney
The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office had described Obumseli as a victim of domestic violence, saying the couple had an extremely tempestuous and combative relationship.
Clenney’s attorneys argued that she was the victim of an abusive relationship and stabbed Obumseli in self-defense.
“I grabbed a knife, and I said, ‘Don’t come anywhere close to me. I have absolutely no intention of using it,’” Clenney said to detectives.
Prosecutors said she murdered him, citing evidence of a history of her aggression against Obumseli. Some of this violence is shown in videos NBC South Florida obtained in 2022 and 2024.
As the case dragged on for years, the legal battle eventually grew beyond the murder charge. Prosecutors accused Clenney and her parents of breaking into Obumseli’s laptop, leading to computer-related charges.
But that case took another turn when a judge found prosecutors had improperly accessed evidence that was subject to the attorney-client privilege.
The computer-related charges against Clenney and her parents were dropped.
The defense later asked a judge to remove the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office from the murder case, arguing Clenney could not get a fair trial.
The state opposed that request.
Clenney, who used the name Courtney Tailor on social media, had more than 2 million Instagram followers at the time of her arrest.
