MIAMI – There have been new developments in the case of an Onlyfans model charged with murdering her boyfriend.
The parents of Courtney Clenney have been taken into custody in connection with the case.
Local 10 News learned through sources that after police turned the couple’s apartment back over to Clenney’s family, her father found something that should have been considered evidence, but he did not immediately turn it over to police.
According to online records out of Travis County, Texas, 57-year-old Deborah Clenney and 60-year-old Kim Clenney were arrested just after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and are being held on an out-of-state felony warrant.
Kim Clenney took the stand in his daughter’s defense during a bond hearing in November of 2022.
According to police sources, Clenney’s parents attempted to conceal evidence as they cleaned out her Edgewater high-rise apartment.
Kim Clenney allegedly found a laptop belonging to his daughter’s boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in that apartment, which had not been taken by police, and even attempted to access it.
Sources said he later turned the laptop over to his attorneys.
Courtney Clenney is accused of killing Obumseli during an argument in April of 2022.
Courtney Clenney’s attorneys say she acted in self-defense.
Obumseli’s family claims there was a pattern of domestic abuse that ultimately ended with her fatally stabbing him during an outburst.
Courtney Clenney remains in jail awaiting trial on that second-degree murder charge.
Her attorney released a statement following the arrests of her parents.
“We’re extremely surprised and very concerned about the arrest of the Clenney family; this could be an example of prosecutorial overreach and misconduct. It appears excessive in that the family is now confined in jail awaiting an extradition hearing on what may be an attempt to manipulate media headlines and discredit them before Thursday’s scheduled hearing on a gag order in the case. The Clenneys have quite a story and it’s a story the State of Florida maybe does not want the public to hear.
“We believe the Clenney family has been targeted with some trumped up charges to discredit them in the press and make their lives miserable. It stinks of a power play by prosecutors to control the narrative. This Thursday, the State is seeking a gag order in the case. Now they’ve gone after Courtney’s Mom and Dad in such a way that requires them to spend considerable time in jail without bond. Had they done this in Florida, the charge has a $5,000 bond, i.e., $500 to a bondsman, and that’s it. It appears the prosecutors are going for media mileage in this one with little or no evidence as we have yet to know what the true accusations are. It’s unnecessary and distasteful. All they had to do was a phone call and we would have been in court. It’s so inexcusable.”
Frank Prieto, attorney for Courtney Clenney