South Florida prosecutors have dropped the computer hacking charge against OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney on Thursday. Clenney was accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend in a Miami condo in 2022. The decision to drop the charge came after a circuit judge ruled last month that the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office violated attorney-client privilege by seizing text messages and emails between Clenney, her parents, and her attorneys in January, as per court records. Clenney’s parents, who were also charged with hacking, had their charges similarly dropped.
Despite the dismissal of the hacking charge, Clenney still faces a second-degree murder charge and has been held without bond since August 2022, according to jail records.
Attorney Jude Faccidomo, representing the Clenneys in the hacking case, argued that the State Attorney’s Office should recuse itself from the murder case due to their unauthorized access to defense strategy communications.
“The office cannot ethically continue on the homicide case after what they illegally obtained from breaching those messages,” Faccidomo stated.
The State Attorney’s Office did not respond to queries from The Associated Press regarding whether they would withdraw from Clenney’s murder case.
Formerly known as Courtney Tailor on platforms like Instagram and OnlyFans, Clenney allegedly stabbed Christian Obumseli to death in their Miami apartment in April 2022 following a tumultuous relationship that began in November 2020, according to prosecutors.
Clenney has admitted to killing Obumseli, claiming self-defense. Her attorney, Frank Prieto, has asserted that Obumseli was habitually abusive towards her.
Clenney told investigators previously that Obumseli had pushed her to the floor, prompting her to throw a knife at him from approximately 10 feet away. However, the medical examiner who conducted Obumseli’s autopsy concluded that his fatal wound could not have been inflicted by a knife thrown from that distance.
Clenney was apprehended in Hawaii a few days after the stabbing. Investigators suspect she gave Obumseli’s computer to her parents between the incident and her arrest. According to arrest warrants, detectives recovered text messages where Clenney’s parents discussed attempts to access the computer.
