In Miami, South Florida prosecutors have decided to drop the computer hacking charge against OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney, who is accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend in a Miami condo in 2022. The decision came after a circuit judge ruled last month that the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office had violated attorney-client privilege when they confiscated text messages and emails between Clenney, her parents, and her attorneys in January.
Courtney Clenney, 29, had her hacking charges dropped along with those against her parents, who had also been implicated in the hacking incident. The judge’s ruling highlighted that the investigation had unlawfully accessed privileged communication.
Despite the dropped hacking charges, Clenney still faces a second-degree murder charge and has been held without bond since August 2022. Defense attorney Jude Faccidomo, representing the Clenneys in the hacking case, argued that the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office should recuse itself from the murder case. Faccidomo’s argument hinged on the fact that prosecutors had seen communications that included defense strategy, which were not legally permissible for them to view.
“There is no ethical way for that office to stay on the homicide case knowing what they know and what they illegally garnered from breaching those messages,” Faccidomo stated.
The state attorney’s office has yet to respond to inquiries about whether it would recuse itself from Clenney’s murder case.
Clenney, known online as Courtney Tailor, has admitted to fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, at their Miami apartment in April 2022. Prosecutors previously described the incident as the culmination of a tumultuous and combative relationship that began in November 2020.
Claiming self-defense, Clenney’s attorney, Frank Prieto, suggested that Obumseli had been regularly abusive. In her account to investigators, Clenney claimed that Obumseli had pushed her and thrown her to the floor, prompting her to grab and throw a knife from about 10 feet (3 meters) away. However, the medical examiner testified that Obumseli’s wound could not have been caused by a knife thrown from such a distance.
Clenney was arrested in Hawaii days after the stabbing. Investigators believe she gave Obumseli’s computer to her parents between the incident and her arrest. The arrest warrants indicated detectives found text messages where Clenney’s parents discussed attempts to access the computer.
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