Arrest of model’s parents for alleged computer hacking is ‘inappropriate,’ attorney says
A day after the parents of OnlyFans model and murder suspect Courtney Clenney were booked into jail for allegedly hacking into the computer of their daughter’s dead boyfriend, they gathered at their attorney’s Coconut Grove office and called the charges far-fetched.
Kim DeWayne Clenney and Deborah Lyn Clenney didn’t speak during the 20-minute press conference Wednesday morning. But they stood firmly beside attorney Jude Faccidomo when he said the couple were authorized to use the computer that state prosecutors allege was owned by Christian “Toby” Obumseli, who was stabbed in the heart and killed almost two years ago.
Faccidomo said the social-media star’s parents had committed no crime.
“You have two parents who love and support their daughter, who is in a very serious situation and in a fight for her life,” said the attorney. “They are not going to be bullied.”
Courtney Clenney’s attorney, Sabrina Puglisi, went a step further, placing the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office on notice for “reviewing privileged communications” and threatening to litigate for the office’s recusal in a case that has grabbed worldwide attention.
Courtney Clenney, a socialmedia darling who had more than 2 million followers, has been jailed since August 2022, accused of second-degree murder of Obumseli, her boyfriend and a former cryptocurrency trader. She was taken into custody in Hawaii and extradited back to Miami.
The alleged murder was committed four months earlier in April in their bayside Miami condominium, One Paraiso. Courtney Clenney’s 911 call, in which she is alleged to have apologized to Obumseli before he died, alerted police. She claims the killing was in self-defense.