RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Courtney Clenney , an OnlyFans model whose boyfriend died after she stabbed him in what she claimed was an act of self-defense in 2022, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Clenney was facing second-degree murder after fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in April 2022 in their Miami condo. On Monday, Clenney pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors, as NBC Miami reports .
Clenney was sentenced to six years in prison, with credit for time served. She has been in jail since her 2022 arrest, making her eligible for release in around two years. Following her release, she will get five years of probation, and has to submit to a mental-health evaluation and treatment. Had she been found guilty of the second-degree murder charge, Clenney faced up to 30 years in prison.
"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," Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement following the hearing. "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."
Attorneys for Clenney and the Obumseli family did not immediately return Rolling Stone 's requests for comment.
The Miami-Dade State's Attorney's Office painted Obumseli as a victim of domestic violence in the case against Clenney, citing the couple's allegedly combative relationship. Her attorneys argued that she was a victim of an abusive relationship and stabbed Obumseli in self-defense. The night of the incident, Clenney, then 26, called 911 after stabbing Obumseli, 27.
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