As OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney awaits trials for the murder of her boyfriend, her attorneys told a Florida judge that they have been able to examine crucial evidence in the case.
Courtney Clenney was arrested in August 2022 and pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Christian “Toby” Obumseli. Obumseli, 27, died after he was stabbed in the Miami, Florida, apartment he shared with Clenney, 30, on April 3, 2022. A medical examiner said the knife wound he sustained in his chest was three inches deep.
Clenney’s defense has insisted that she was acting in self-defense when Obumseli was killed.
During a pretrial hearing on Monday, June 1, Clenney’s attorneys confirmed that they had the opportunity to examine the knives involved in the case, according to CourtTV. Additionally, her attorneys told the judge that they have more than eight depositions scheduled in the upcoming days as they prepare to respond to pretrial motions that were previously filed by the prosecution.
Clenney’s attorneys previously expressed frustrations at a hearing in April, claiming that the witnesses they subpoenaed did not appear for their depositions. However, they revealed during the June 1 hearing that they are now back on track ahead of the trial start date. While the trial is confirmed to begin this summer, a specific date has not yet been announced.
Meanwhile, prosecutors said during the June 1 hearing that their expert is scheduled to evaluate Clenney on June 9. They also assured the judge that the reports should not delay the anticipated start date for the trial.
Prior to her arrest, Clenney was a popular creator on OnlyFans, with a following of 2 million on Instagram.
Clenney was in Hawaii at the time of her arrest, and her attorney previously explained she was there in rehabilitation for substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder. She has remained behind bars without bond ever since she was taken into custody and extradited to Florida.
Clenny’s trial was originally scheduled to start at the end of April, according to CourtTV. However, it was announced that the trial would be delayed earlier that month after the prosecution and defense introduced a joint motion to continue the trial.
At the time, prosecutors explained that they had 15-16 depositions scheduled but many of the people failed to appear. Prosecutors hoped they would be “Williams rule” witnesses, meaning they would be able to show a pattern of Clenney’s past wrongdoing.
After the judge agreed to delay the trial, she made it clear that it would not be moved back again.
“Let me just ask,” Judge Andrea Wolfson said, per the outlet. “If we’re in the same position next time we come back and these witnesses are just not appearing, I mean, there’s going to come a time when it’s fish or cut bait, right?”
