Police have arrested the mother and father of Courtney Clenney, the mannequin who stands accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in 2022.
USA Today stories that authorities booked Deborah Clenney and Kim Clenney into Texas’ Travis County Jail on Tuesday (January 30) in connection to the case.
Courtney’s Parents Accused Of Accessing Unauthorized Evidence
The arrest warrant states that authorities had charged the pair with unauthorized entry to a laptop computer belonging to Obumseli.
Kim reportedly discovered the gadget within the residence Courtney previously shared together with her companion earlier than retrieving it.
Upon receiving a warrant to entry the Clenneys’ iCloud accounts, investigators found a bunch chat discussing methods by which they might achieve entry to the tech system.
“Will be sending the laptop PIN ideas so we can try them before you see her again?” Kim allegedly wrote in a message despatched on Sept 22, 2022, per NBC News.
Cleeney’s lawyer, Frank Prieto, who was additionally added to the chat, responded with a collection of various recommendations.
“These were possible … was not sure about capitalization or spacing but there are the ones she could come up with,” Prieto wrote. “I would try all together and mix some of the capitalization and see if we get lucky.”
“The Pin Worked”
Eight days after first requesting for a pin code, Kim responded, “Hell yeah! That PIN worked!”
Prieto warned Kim to not undergo the laptop computer’s contents and to be aware of what he was clicking on.
The dialog then shifted over to how Prieto would purchase the system because the pair mentioned plans to satisfy.
On October 6, they determined that Prieto would accumulate the laptop computer by making a drive to Dallas, to which Kim responded, “Ok. Sounds good. The earlier the better.”
Courtney’s authorized group responds to their arrest by claiming that somebody has focused Kim and Deborah with costs to discredit them and make them face extra scrutiny from the media.
“It appears excessive in that the family is now confined in jail awaiting an extradition hearing on what may be an attempt to manipulate media headlines and discredit them before Thursday’s scheduled hearing on a gag order in the case,” an lawyer informed NBC South Florida.
Courtney’s Volatile Relationship With Christian
In April 2022, Courtney, a former OnlyFans mannequin, was accused of stabbing Obumseli to demise of their Miami residence, which first introduced the Clenney case into the headlines.
Courtney’s protection group has argued that she acted out of self-defense throughout a home dispute that subsequently turned lethal.
However, a brand new video capturing Courtney bodily assaulting Christian a number of occasions throughout a visit to Aspen, Colorado, indicated she, too, had been abusive within the relationship.
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According to TMZ, who obtained the clip, the altercation occurred in February 2022, simply two months earlier than Christian’s demise.
Courtney allegedly misplaced her cool upon studying that Christian had been “flirting” with different ladies throughout their trip.
She retaliates by pushing and hitting him whereas Christian stays self-restrained, telling her to cease touching him.
It is now one in every of over 100 items of proof handed over to the Obsumseli household’s civil lawyer as a part of the investigation.
In August 2022, authorities arrested Courtney and charged her with second-degree homicide with a lethal weapon.
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