According to the Miami Herald, Courtney Clenney has been charged and detained by the authorities in connection with her boyfriend Christian “Toby” Obumseli’s stabbing death.
The 26-year-old was accused by police of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon.
At the time of her arrest, Clenney was reportedly undergoing treatment for substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder at a rehab center in Hawaii.
Frank Prieto, her attorney, confirmed the arrest to the Miami Herald, stating, among other things:
“We look forward to clearing her name in court.
Obumseli’s Resurrected Tweets
Old tweets that Obumseli had posted discussing his dating decisions had reappeared at the time of his passing. He declared that he didn’t prefer Black women.
According to his cousin Jessica Nwabuko’s exclusive interview,
He was 17-years-old. He was a high school kid. I’m pretty sure that everybody who was young was just saying senseless things and not thinking anything of it. I just think his dating preference [is] white women.
Clenney & Obumseli’s Dispute
On April 3, 2022, neighbors heard a domestic fight between the couple and called the police to the apartment in the Edgewater neighborhood. @TMZ reports that Clenney admitted to the police that she had stabbed Obumseli with a knife. According to her lawyer, it was a self-defense move.
