Judge Dismisses Laptop Evidence in OnlyFans Model’s Murder Case
Judge Dismisses Laptop Evidence in OnlyFans Model's Murder Case
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The case involving OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney, who stands accused of murdering her boyfriend Christian Obumseli, saw a significant development in court on Wednesday, June 26.
The focus of the hearing was on the admissibility of a crucial piece of evidence.
Clenney, a 28-year-old influencer charged with the murder of Obumseli in their Miami high-rise on April 3, 2022, was seen in a Miami courtroom dressed in a red jumpsuit.
In court on Wednesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Laura Shearon Cruz made a ruling regarding the exclusion of a critical piece of evidence related to the suspect’s parents.
“I am granting the defendant’s motion, in part as a motion to exclude [evidence], and I’m granting it,” Cruz stated.
Judge Cruz sided with the defense of Courtney Clenney, an OnlyFans model, in a case involving alleged computer hacking by her and her parents. The judge determined that prosecutors had violated a legal principle in obtaining the evidence.
Jude Faccidomo, Clenney’s attorney, spoke to reporters about Cruz’s decision. “They have entered the defense camp and invaded the attorney-client privilege,” he said. “The next steps for the state’s attorney office are to dismiss the charges against my client and recuse themselves from the homicide case against Courtney Clenney.”
Clenney faces a second-degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in their luxury Edgewater condo on April 3, 2022.
Earlier this year, prosecutors also charged Clenney’s parents, Kim Dewayne and Deborah Clenney, alongside her, for allegedly hacking into Obumseli’s laptop. State attorneys accessed Dewayne’s iCloud account and found messages showing the family collaborating with defense attorneys to guess the laptop’s passwords after Obumseli’s death. They eventually succeeded.
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The defense argued that the laptop was shared between Clenney and Obumseli, and that the parents were authorized to access it. While the defense attorneys were not charged, all three Clenney family members were.
Faccidomo emphasized, “What happened was, they read through attorney-client privilege communications. That’s not proper. That’s a violation of their privacy rights, and because of that, Judge Cruz excluded any evidence they discovered because of it.”
After a prolonged legal battle, the defense secured a victory on Wednesday with Cruz’s ruling to exclude the messages as evidence in the homicide case.
The next hearing in this case is scheduled for August.