OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney reaches plea deal in boyfriend's fatal stabbing in Miami
Aug 10, 2026
A Miami OnlyFans model accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend at their Edgewater condo four years ago is heading to prison after accepting a plea deal in the case on Monday.
Courtney Clenney had been facing a second-degree murder charge in the April 2022 death of her 27-year-old boyfriend, Chr
istian Obumseli.
But under the terms of the deal accepted in court Monday, Clenney pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge.
Courtney Clenney in court on Aug. 10, 2026.
She was sentenced to six years in prison, with credit for time served, followed by five years of probation, and must undergo a mental health evaluation and treatment.
She had been facing up to 30 years in prison if she’d been found guilty of the second-degree murder charge.
Clenney, 30, has remained jailed without bond since her arrest in 2022, so she’ll spend about two years behind bars.
Wearing an orange jail outfit, Clenney appeared calm while accepting the plea but broke down when Obumseli’s mother spoke.
“Nothing can describe what it feels like for a mother to stand at the grave of her child,” the mother said. “There are also the things that will never happen for me now that he’s gone. The birthdays, the holidays we will not celebrate with him, the conversations we will never have, the person he would continue to become, those losses continue much longer after today’s court case ends.”
Christian Obumseli’s family speaks in court on Aug. 10, 2026.
Clenney’s attorneys were expected to address the media in a news conference following the hearing.
In a statement, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said the plea agreement was reached “in full consultation and approval of Christian’s family.”
“With this plea agreement, Christian Obumseli’s family finally heard what they long sought: Courtney Clenney accepting full responsibility for his death. This plea was reached in full consultation and approval of Christian’s family,” the statement read. “The Assistant State Attorneys handling this case have remained focused on the core evidence that Clenney stabbed Christian Obumseli as part of a pattern of escalating violence toward him. While nothing can heal the wounds caused on that day in April, I hope today’s guilty plea brings his family a measure of justice too long denied.”
The Case Against Clenney
The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office had described Obumseli as a victim of domestic violence, saying the couple had an extremely tempestuous and combative relationship.
Clenney’s attorneys argued that she was the victim of an abusive relationship and stabbed Obumseli in self-defense.
“I grabbed a knife, and I said, ‘Don’t come anywhere close to me. I have absolutely no intention of using it,’” Clenney said to detectives.
Prosecutors said she murdered him, citing evidence of a history of her aggression against Obumseli as seen in videos obtained by NBC Miami in 2022 and 2024.
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Clenney has remained in jail without bond as the case dragged on for years. And the legal battle eventually grew beyond the murder charge.
Prosecutors accused Clenney and her parents of breaking into Obumseli’s laptop, leading to computer-related charges.
But that case took another turn when a judge found prosecutors had improperly accessed evidence that was subject to the attorney-client privilege.
The computer-related charges against Clenney and her parents were dropped.
The defense later asked a judge to remove the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office from the murder case, arguing Clenney could not get a fair trial.
The state opposed that request.
Clenney, who used the name Courtney Tailor on social media, had more than 2 million Instagram followers at the time of her arrest.
Her attorneys will have a news conference at 1 following Clenney’s plea agreement.
This story originally appeared on NBCMiami.com.
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