In a Miami courtroom on December 18, 2025, a judge denied bond to Courtney Clenney, the former OnlyFans model accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death more than three years earlier, keeping her in custody as her trial looms.
Millions in Earnings to Jail Cell Isolation
Clenney, 29, earned nearly $3 million on OnlyFans from 2020 to 2022, including $966,692 in 2020 and $1,806,003 in 2021. She amassed 2 million Instagram followers and resided in a luxury Miami penthouse.
Now, after over 1,300 days in jail without bond, she faces second-degree murder charges in the April 3, 2022, death of Christian Obumseli, 27, a cryptocurrency investor. Their relationship, which began in November 2020, drew repeated police calls by early 2022 due to escalating fights captured on surveillance video.
A Volatile Bond and Final Plea
Prosecutors describe the couple’s dynamic as tempestuous and combative. Building footage showed Clenney attacking Obumseli, accompanied by audio of racial slurs and threats. Obumseli’s family portrayed him as gentle, while her defense claimed he abused her through choking, throwing her down, and gaslighting.
Two days before the stabbing, Clenney sought police assistance and requested a restraining order, citing fear. Prosecutors viewed this as part of a mutual cycle of aggression, not a definitive signal of danger.
The Fatal Stabbing in a Luxury Condo
At 4:57 p.m. on April 3, 2022, Clenney dialed 911 from their $10,000-per-month unit at One Paraiso, a secure 53-story high-rise with attended security and surveillance. Obumseli suffered a 3-inch chest wound that severed his subclavian artery, leading to his death.
Police initially considered self-defense, but Obumseli’s family, hiring attorney Larry Handfield, pressed for investigation. By August 2022, after Clenney entered a Hawaii rehab facility for PTSD and substance abuse, federal marshals arrested her on a second-degree murder charge carrying a potential life sentence.
Forensic Disputes and Dramatic Demonstrations
Clenney claimed she threw a knife from 10 feet away, but medical examiners testified the wound required a forceful downward thrust in close contact. To counter, her defense enlisted knife-thrower Bobby Branson for tests on a pig carcass, arguing throws could produce similar penetration. Prosecutors dismissed it as distraction from forensic conclusions on angle, force, and distance.
Legal Missteps Compound the Case
In June 2024, Judge Laura Shearon Cruz ruled prosecutors breached attorney-client privilege by accessing over 4,000 messages between Clenney’s lawyers and family, including a privileged checklist document. Lead prosecutor Khalil Quinan had reviewed and shared them, prompting dismissal of charges against Clenney’s parents, Kim and Deborah, arrested in January 2024 for allegedly accessing and deleting files from Obumseli’s laptop.
The parents maintained the device was shared and denied interference. Nine days post-stabbing, Clenney wired $1,184,000 to her father in three transfers; prosecutors alleged asset concealment and flight risk, while he cited rehab, home equity, and legal costs.
Missing Evidence and Timeline Shifts
Defense highlighted undisclosed neighbor statements, including Arthur Cup’s report of Obumseli assaulting Clenney days prior—a potential Brady violation. Building employee Danny Del Valle captured pre-police photos and video, allegedly ordered deleted by an officer, raising claims of evidence spoliation.
A forensic timeline from a related civil case narrowed the fatal window to one minute before the 911 call, challenging prosecutors’ claim of 12-14 minutes and alleged indifference as Obumseli bled out.
Bond Denials and Trial Ahead
Clenney’s bond bids failed in December 2022, October 2024, and December 2025. Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson cited her finances and life sentence exposure as flight risks. Trial is set for April 27, 2026, expected to last under two weeks.
Her team plans battered partner syndrome testimony from Dr. Lenore Walker to justify deadly force under Florida Statute § 776.012(2), requiring reasonable belief of imminent harm. Prosecutors counter with audio of Clenney’s slurs and threat: “I’m literally f–king want to kill you, but you don’t take me seriously.” Defense motions to disqualify the state attorney’s office for misconduct were denied.
From Penthouse to Pretrial Limbo
The case, unfolding in a building meant for safety, underscores limits of surveillance against intimate violence. Clenney’s OnlyFans income evaporated post-arrest, leaving her with roughly $11,000 liquid, per defense—disputed by prosecutors. As trial nears, questions persist on self-defense validity, evidence integrity, and whether Florida jurors will see survival instinct or aggression in a relationship that ended in blood.
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New Trial Date But No Bond For OnlyFans Model Courtney Clenney. Court TV, December 18, 2025
OnlyFans Model Courtney Clenney Denied Bond. FOX 7 Austin, December 18, 2025
Opinion on Prosecutorial Misconduct and Attorney-Client Privilege Violation. Miami-Dade Circuit Court, June 26, 2024
Motion for Pre-Trial Detention and Opposition to Bond. Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, October 2022
Autopsy Report and Wound Analysis. Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office, April 2022