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Miami prosecutors have revived a probe into OnlyFans star Courtney Clenney, who fatally stabbed her estranged boyfriend in a luxury apartment earlier this month, the attorney for the victim’s family told The Post Wednesday.

Lawyer Larry Handfield, who represents victim Christian Obumseli’s family, said the renewed push comes after authorities prematurely concluded that Clenney killed her beau in self-defense on April 3.

Obumseli’s relatives had initially been told that Clenney had been cleared and would not face charges, Handfield said.

Handfield said cops rushed to judgment in the case — in part because Clenney has “blonde hair and blue eyes.”

The attorney said new witnesses have come forward in the case, including a prior boyfriend of Clenney who claimed she tried to stab him during a fight.


  Lawyers for Christian Obumseli’s family say that Miami police rushed to judgment when they ruled that Courtney Clenney allegedly stabbed him in self-defense. Instagram Lawyers for Christian Obumseli’s family say that Miami police rushed to judgment when they ruled that Courtney Clenney allegedly stabbed him in self-defense. Instagram

“All the family wants is an objective, fair investigation,” Handfield said, noting that Obumseli had no prior criminal record. “The family just wants to be treated like anyone else would be treated.”

Known as Courtney Tailor on her social media accounts, Clenney was seen at a bar with her father just days after Obumseli’s death.

The social media sensation’s attorney, Frank Prieto, has argued that the two were estranged before the incident and that Obumseli attacked the starlet after stalking her for several weeks.


  Florida prosecutors have reopened the probe into Onlyfans model Courtney Clenney in the stabbing death of her estranged boyfriend Christian Obumseli. Instagram Florida prosecutors have reopened the probe into Onlyfans model Courtney Clenney in the stabbing death of her estranged boyfriend Christian Obumseli. Instagram

  Courtney Clenney’s lawyer maintains that she was forced to stab Christian Obumseli after he grabbed her by the throat. Instagram Courtney Clenney’s lawyer maintains that she was forced to stab Christian Obumseli after he grabbed her by the throat. Instagram

Prieto said Clenney was forced to stab Obumseli after he grabbed her by the throat.

Video from the scene showed Clenney drenched in blood in a white bra after the gruesome confrontation.

Here's everything you need to know about OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney's murder charge

26-year-old OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney is charged with second-degree murder in the April 3, 2022, death of her beau, Christian Obumseli, 28. She has claimed he was attacking her before she plunged a knife into his chest.

Clenney allegedly killed her boyfriend during a blowup in their luxury Miami apartment.

Footage taken after the incident appears to show her dazed and drenched in blood while sitting on the floor in her bra.

Footage taken from the couple’s condo complex elevator shows previous domestic disputes in which the model seemed to be acting as an aggressor and hitting him.

The late boyfriend’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Clenney to cover funeral costs and other expenses as a result of his death.

The model, who has pleaded not guilty, remains jailed without bail awaiting trial, with a status conference set for July.

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Friends and apartment complex residents have given varying accounts of their tumultuous relationship to media outlets.


  Courtney Clenney was seen at a bar with her father days after the fatal stabbing. Instagram / @courtneytailor Courtney Clenney was seen at a bar with her father days after the fatal stabbing. Instagram / @courtneytailor

Some have described Clenney as being routinely violent, while an unnamed neighbor told local TV stations that he once saw Obumseli throw a punch at the model during a fight.

In refuting Prieto’s self-defense argument, Handfield noted that cops visited the couple at least four times for prior domestic calls and that Obumseli was never taken into custody or charged.

“You would think he would have been arrested at least once,” he said.


  Courtney Clenney had an open warrant for public intoxication from 2015. Austin Intoxicated Courtney Clenney had an open warrant for public intoxication from 2015. Austin Intoxicated

Her attorney, however, has countered that Clenney never pressed charges during those incidents.

Handfield also stressed that Clenney wasn’t taken into custody despite allegedly having an open warrant for a 2015 public intoxication case from California.

“They never did a check,” he said. “There are things that should have been done that weren’t done. How can you conclude that a person is innocent in a case like this in less than 24 hours? It’s shocking.”

Obumseli’s relatives are also angry that detectives never alerted them to his death — and that they only found out when a staffer University of Miami Miller School of Medicine called to ask if they wanted to donate his organs, their attorney said.

Handfield said they initially thought it was a prank call.

The attorney said county prosecutors only revived the case after he brought new details to light and that they later apologized to the family for their treatment to that point.

A spokesperson for the Miami Police Department declined to comment on the case other than to note that the investigation is ongoing.

Prieto did not immediately respond to a request for comment and the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office declined to comment.

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