An adult model may look alluring and attractive professionally. But in person, things can sometime be the total opposite.
Courtney Clenney has been a model on OnlyFans for quite a while. Under the name Courtney Tailor, she is also an active Instagram and Twitter influencer, in which she post raunchy photos of herself.
But this time, the model was captured on a surveillance video assaulting Christian Toby Obumseli, her boyfriend, in the elevator of their luxury apartment.
That happened two months before the woman finally stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife.
For what she has done, Miami State Attorney Kathie Fernandez Rundle who played the video at a press conference, announced a second-degree murder charge against 26-year-old Clenney.
"The defendant was aggressively attacking Christian," Rundle said, and she showed a footage of Clenney in a white bra and pajama pants pushing elevator buttons before turning her blind rage on Obumseli.
It was described that Clenney and Obumseli had experienced an "extremely tempestuous and combative" two-year relationship.
Then it was on April 3rd, that Clenney allegedly plunged a kitchen knife.
The knife plunged around 10 centimeters into Obumseli's chest, effectively puncturing his subclavian artery.
Clenney however, called 911.
During the call, Obumseli can be heard saying that he was dying and losing feeling in his arm, whereas Clenney was heard apologizing.
"I’m sorry, baby," she said, according to an arrest affidavit.
At first, it was said that Obumseli was the aggressor, and that Clenney allegedly did what she did in an act of self-defense.
Her attorney Frank Prieto, said that Clenney was forced to stab Obumseli after he grabbed her by the throat. The lawyer added that Obumseli had been stalking her for weeks.
Obumseli’s brother, Jeffrey Obumseli, argued that Clenney had not suffered any injuries in the altercation that would have justified her claim of self-defense.
"The bottom line is inextricably clear: Courtney is being treated differently because of her privilege as a wealthy White woman," Jeffrey Obumseli wrote on Instagram. "Within 24 hours following Toby’s death, the detective on the case prematurely concluded this was not a crime of violence."
The lawyer for Obumseli didn't stay quiet when hearing this.
Instead, Larry Handfield pressured the state attorney’s office to reopen the case.
This was when the video of Clenney handcuffed in a black bra and soaked in blood on the balcony of her Miami’s ritzy Edgewater apartment went viral. The video was allegedly taken after she allegedly stabbed Obumseli in the chest.
Clenney was spotted at a hotel bar days after the slaying getting drinks, as if nothing had happened.
Clenney was arrested in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii.
According to a Hawaii County police who assisted the U.S. Marshals Service with the arrest, Clenney was in a rehabilitation facility for substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Clenney was charged with second-degree murder, months after Obumseli's family expressed their outrage.
"We are completely shocked at Courtney’s arrest based upon the clear evidence of self-defense in this matter. Obumseli attacked her and choked her that evening; Courtney had no choice but to meet force with force," Prieto said. "Further, we are disappointed that the State Attorney sought an arrest warrant in this matter; we have cooperated with the investigation from the beginning with both the State and the City of Miami Police Department."
Prieto also tried to emphasize that it was Obumseli who was "mentally, emotionally and physically abusive with Courtney."
"That tragic night, there was a physical altercation, and Courtney had no choice but to defend herself," he said.
"It is an absolute injustice to charge a victim of domestic violence and human trafficking with a crime," he added. "Courtney was clearly defending herself. We will vigorously defend Courtney and clear her of this unfounded and baseless charge."
Clenney pleaded not guilty.
Her only defense is that, a security guard at their Miami apartment once saw Obumseli was also equally aggressive. It's also said that Clenney had taken out a restraining order against Clenney mere days before she stabbed him to death.