A Florida judge Tuesday denied a request from OnlyFan’s model Courtney Clenney’s lawyer to limit the release of “salacious” and “sexually explicit” evidence to the public.
Clenney, 26, who is charged with murdering her boyfriend Christian Obumseli, wore an orange prison scrubs and a blue surgical mask as she looked on during the brief hearing in Miami-Dade County Court.
Her attorney, Frank Prieto, said that Clenney produced “adult” content on her phone for her OnlyFans page and asked for a protective order limiting the discovery that could be disclosed in the case.
“This is going to turn into a circus of media outlets publishing salacious materials which have nothing to do with guilt or innocence in this case,” argued Prieto, who described photos and video on her phone as “sexually explicit” and “pornography.”
Disseminating the material, he said, would deprive his client of a fair and impartial jury.
Prosecutors countered that the defense team is trying to “control the narrative” with an overly broad request to seal evidence that hasn’t even been processed yet.
Judge Diana Vizcaino denied the motion.
Clenney who goes by Courtney Tailor online, is slated to go to trial Dec. 19 for the stabbing death of Obumseli, 27, her boyfriend of two years.
The social media star, who boasts 2 million Instagram followers, allegedly thrust a kitchen knife into her beau’s heart April 3 inside their waterfront luxury high-rise apartment. She was on the phone with her mom at the time, authorities said.
The pair’s tumultuous two-year romance was marked by violent quarrels, according to prosecutors and police records.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office released surveillance footage from weeks before the slaying showing Clenney pummeling Obumseli in an elevator as he tried to restrain her.
Prosecutors say she was the primary aggressor in their doomed relationship.
Obumseli’s family was initially outraged that police let Clenney go free after questioning her.
She allegedly told police that she acted in self-defense after Obumseli attacked her.
It took authorities more than four months to charge her.
She was arrested Aug. 10 in Hawaii, where she was being treated for PTSD and substance abuse, her lawyer said.
Here's everything you need to know about OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney's murder charge
26-year-old OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney is charged with second-degree murder in the April 3, 2022, death of her beau, Christian Obumseli, 28. She has claimed he was attacking her before she plunged a knife into his chest.
Clenney allegedly killed her boyfriend during a blowup in their luxury Miami apartment.
Footage taken after the incident appears to show her dazed and drenched in blood while sitting on the floor in her bra.
Footage taken from the couple’s condo complex elevator shows previous domestic disputes in which the model seemed to be acting as an aggressor and hitting him.
The late boyfriend’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Clenney to cover funeral costs and other expenses as a result of his death.
The model, who has pleaded not guilty, remains jailed without bail awaiting trial, with a status conference set for July.
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After Clenney’s extradition back to Florida, she has been held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami without bond.
She has pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder.
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