Miami design ‘will be arrested’ in relationship to boyfriend’s stabbing death, lawyer says

A law firm symbolizing slain Miami 27-12 months-previous Christian Tobechukwu “Toby” Obumseli‘s family members suggests Obumseli’s girlfriend, Instagram design Courtney Clenney, “will be arrested” in link to his April 3 stabbing dying.

Authorities have not formally charged any suspects in Obumseli’s fatal stabbing soon after Clenney claimed self-defense, but the victim’s brother, Jeffrey Obumseli, mentioned he thinks Clenney was not billed due to her “privilege as a rich White female” in an April Instagram publish.

“[I]t gained national exposure and outcry from…everyone who believed it was clear she is being handled with privilege,” Obumseli relatives attorney Larry Handfield explained to Fox News Electronic of the situation. “She had been addressed opposite to [how] any other man or woman would have been treated. And so at this place, I am self-assured that if a total aim, crystal clear investigation is finished, that she will be arrested.”

Christian Tobechukwu Obumseli endured “an clear knife wound” in a domestic violence incident Sunday, in accordance to Miami police.
(Instagram/@christianvstoby)

Handfield pointed out that Clenney experienced an open up bench warrant from 2015 from her out of Los Angeles, California, for driving while intoxicated.

The legal professional also said the Miami Police Office experienced “no other selection but to reopen the investigation” right after apparently reaching “a conclusion fewer than 24 several hours after the loss of life, the murder, of Mr’ Obumseli” because they did not instantly interview Clenney.

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The Miami Police Office explained it could not comment on an open and ongoing investigation.

Obumseli, 27, suffered “an apparent knife wound” in a domestic violence incident between himself and Clenney in April. First responders rushed him to a close by healthcare facility, in which he was pronounced dead, Miami police claimed in a assertion at the time. 

Miami design Courtney Clenney’s law firm claimed she is a domestic violence survivor.
(Instagram/@courtneytailor)

Clenney’s attorney, Frank Prieto, did not reply to an inquiry from Fox News Electronic but formerly stated she was performing in self-defense.

“Due to the fact the occasions of that tragic night, Courtney has been stuffed with absolute grief and despair,” Prieto mentioned in an April assertion. “Courtney is mourning the reduction of Mr. Obumseli, in non-public, out of regard for his loved ones. There is nothing we can say to alleviate the agony his household is heading through however, their calls for justice and an arrest in this issue are misplaced.”

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He continued: “It is certainly irresponsible for the family’s attorney … to allege that the events of that evening ended up ‘unprovoked’ or to insinuate that she is being afforded particular procedure. There is knowledgeable and sizeable evidence that Courtney is the victim of domestic violence and potentially human trafficking. There is no question the two of them experienced a tumultuous marriage in addition, there is proof that Courtney was a target of physical, psychological, and psychological abuse at the hands of Obumseli. That night time was no different and Courtney experienced the correct to protect herself out of concern for her lifestyle.”

Clenney, who makes use of the name Courtney Tailor on Instagram and OnlyFans, was caught on online video included in blood on her luxury substantial-rise balcony after the incident but has not been charged. TMZ received and released the photographs before this thirty day period.

The Miami-based mostly WPLG 10 documented previously this thirty day period that close friends of the pair described “a extremely rocky connection” — even though the resources gave conflicting tales about who could possibly have been the aggressor. The few reportedly broke up in March, according to the Miami Herald, and Obumseli allegedly started sleeping in the building’s common locations.

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Then on April 1, Miami police were dispatched to their apartment for a independent domestic simply call, the paper documented, citing nearby regulation enforcement sources. The officers discovered bruises on Clenney’s arms and legs, but no one particular was arrested.

Miami police have unveiled several information about the situation so significantly.

Clenney has apparently “cooperated with the investigators and her actions had been plainly self-protection,” her lawyer reported in April. 

Fox News’ Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.