On the April afternoon OnlyFans and Instagram modelCourtney Clenneyfatally stabbed her boyfriend in her Miami, Fla., high-rise, she can be heard apologizing to him in a newly released 911 call, according to multiple reports.
Clenney is accused of fatally stabbing her estranged boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, 27, in the torso with a kitchen knife during an argument on April 3, 2022, according to police, theMiami Heraldreports.
Her lawyers maintain that Clenney, a former OnlyFans model with 2 million Instagram followers, was acting in self-defense when she stabbed Obumseli to death.
“I can’t feel my arm!” Obumseli can be heard saying on the 911 call.
Begging the 911 operator for help, Clenney says, “My boyfriend is dying of a stab wound! Please God, please. Come save my boyfriend!”
Obumseli later died, according to astatementfrom the Miami Police Department.
Courtney Clenney.Hawai‘i Police Department
She is charged with second-degree murder,KIRO 7reports.
She has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
He was “stalking me,” she can be heard saying. “I want a restraining order against Christian Obumseli.”
“I’m scared of him at this point,” she said, shaking.
One of the building’s security guards told the officers that he was there when Obumseli came “charging toward her,” he said in the bodycam footage.
Clenney’s attorneys have maintained she acted in self-defense.
“The 911 call that Courtney made to get help for Obumseli captures the chaos, confusion, and raw emotion Courtney experienced after she was forced to defend herself,” her lawyer Frank Prieto said in a statement toFox News Digital.
“The audio of Courtney’s call to 911 is clearly not an admission of guilt; it is a human and humane reaction to the traumatic events and actions she took to save her life that night,” he said.
“As with many victims of domestic violence, Courtney allowed her abuser back into her apartment despite knowing their relationship was toxic; however, her actions that evening were taken in defense of her own life.”
Attorney Larry Handfield, who’s representing Obumseli’s family, said otherwise, theMiami Heraldreports.
“It shows her state of mind,” he told theHerald. “She’s saying she’s sorry because she’s realizing what she’s done. She’s not saying ‘I was defending myself.'”
Prieto told theMiami Heraldthat Clenney was in rehabilitation for substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder in Hawaii when she was arrested.
“I’m completely shocked, especially since we were cooperating with the investigation and offered to voluntarily surrender her if she were charged,” Prieto told the newspaper. “We look forward to clearing her name in court.”
Obumseli’s family has maintained he never harmed Clenney.
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The Miami-Dade State’s Attorney’s Office and lawyers for Clenney and Obumseli did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
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source: people.com
