OnlyFans model seeks dead boyfriend’s animal-cruelty warrant in self-defense murder trial: Docs
If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney is trying to turn the tables on prosecutors before her murder trial, asking a Miami-Dade judge to block the state from using a string of alleged prior violent incidents to paint her as the aggressor.Clenney, the OnlyFans model accused in the 2022 death of Christian Obumseli, will argue she acted "in self-defense and as a battered spouse," according to newly filed defense motions in Miami-Dade criminal court reviewed by Fox News Digital.In a July 1 filing, her lawyers asked a Miami-Dade judge to allow them to bring up Obumseli’s 2020 Austin arrest warrant if the state opens the door by describing him as peaceful, gentle, passive or nonviolent.COURTNEY CLENNEY'S DEFENSE INSPECTS KNIVES AT CENTER OF ONLYFANS MODEL'S MURDER CASE AHEAD OF TRIAL: REPORTThe warrant, attached to the defense filing, accused Obumseli of cruelty to a nonlivestock animal, a Class A misdemeanor, in Travis County, Texas. It lists an offense date of Nov.
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If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney is trying to turn the tables on prosecutors before her murder trial, asking a Miami-Dade judge to block the state from using a string of alleged prior violent incidents to paint her as the aggressor.Clenney, the OnlyFans model accused in the 2022 death of Christian Obumseli, will argue she acted "in self-defense and as a battered spouse," according to newly filed defense motions in Miami-Dade criminal court reviewed by Fox News Digital.In a July 1 filing, her lawyers asked a Miami-Dade judge to allow them to bring up Obumseli’s 2020 Austin arrest warrant if the state opens the door by describing him as peaceful, gentle, passive or nonviolent.COURTNEY CLENNEY'S DEFENSE INSPECTS KNIVES AT CENTER OF ONLYFANS MODEL'S MURDER CASE AHEAD OF TRIAL: REPORTThe warrant, attached to the defense filing, accused Obumseli of cruelty to a nonlivestock animal, a Class A misdemeanor, in Travis County, Texas. It lists an offense date of Nov. 2, 2020, but does not show how the case was resolved.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XClenney’s lawyers claim the records behind the warrant describe apartment staff finding Obumseli’s dead dog, Halo, confined inside a kennel in a closet after an apartment had been abandoned. Investigators allegedly found food in the kennel but no water, and feces surrounding the animal.A veterinary pathologist concluded the dog’s most likely cause of death was dehydration from water deprivation, and investigators believed Halo had been dead for five to seven days before being discovered, the defense motion says.
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- If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney is trying to turn the tables on prosecutors before her murder trial, asking a Miami-Dade judge to block the state from using a string of alleged prior violent incidents to paint her as the aggressor.Clenney, the OnlyFans model accused in the 2022 death of Christian Obumseli, will argue she acted "in self-defense and as a battered spouse," according to newly filed defense motions in Miami-Dade criminal court reviewed by Fox News Digital.In a July 1 filing, her lawyers asked a Miami-Dade judge to allow them to bring up Obumseli’s 2020 Austin arrest warrant if the state opens the door by describing him as peaceful, gentle, passive or nonviolent.COURTNEY CLENNEY'S DEFENSE INSPECTS KNIVES AT CENTER OF ONLYFANS MODEL'S MURDER CASE AHEAD OF TRIAL: REPORTThe warrant, attached to the defense filing, accused Obumseli of cruelty to a nonlivestock animal, a Class A misdemeanor, in Travis County, Texas. It lists an offense date of Nov.
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