'Killer' Instagram model strikes mystery plea deal WEEKS before her trial...after claiming that she stabbed crypto-bro boyfriend in self-defense

By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:57, 1 August 2026 | Updated: 01:58, 1 August 2026 An Instagram and OnlyFans model who allegedly murdered her boyfriend has struck a mystery plea deal with prosecutors just weeks away from her trial.  Courtney Clenney, 30, was facing second-degree murder charges over the April 2022 stabbing death of her boyfriend Christian Obumseli, 27, in their luxury Miami apartment.  Bodycam footage of the model covered in blood moments after stabbing Obumseli captured national attention, as she claimed she threw a knife at him in self-defense after fearing for her life.  Clenney admitted to stabbing Obumseli but claimed she did not intend to kill him, and in the footage she was seen on the floor sobbing, 'baby, baby, baby, wake up' and 'no, no, no.'  While talking to police as paramedics tried to save Obumseli, she told them: 'I'm terrified of him' and 'I was so scared,' the footage showed.  In recent weeks her attorneys had attempted to introduce medical records, texts messages and bodycam footage that they say supports her claim.  But with her trial set to begin August 10, Clenney's attorney Frank Prieto told TMZ on Friday that she has accepted a plea deal.  Details of the plea deal and the conditions that the model accepted are unclear. The Daily Mail has contacted Prieto and the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office for comment.  Courtney Clenney, 30, Instagram and OnlyFans model who allegedly murdered her boyfriend, has struck a mystery plea deal with prosecutors just weeks away from her trial The model admitted to stabbing her boyfriend in their luxury Miami apartment in April 2022, but claimed she threw a knife at him in self-defense  Clenney claimed she was in an abusive relationship with her cryptocurrency trader boyfriend Christian Obumseli, 27, but his family have alleged that he was the one being abused  Clenney alleged that she was in an abusive relationship with Obumseli, and maintained that text messages and witness testimony would show she feared for her life.  The model, who had used the name Courtney Tailor on platforms like Instagram and OnlyFans, filed court records earlier this month asking jurors to consider the defense's account of Clenney and Obumseli's relationship in the case.  The legal filing showed she planned to bring a pair of domestic violence experts to the stand, as well as text messages that she says proved she was being abused.  One of the proposed messages, from April 2021, showed that Clenney accused her late boyfriend of hitting her 'in my face as hard as you could', the New York Post reported. In response, Obumseli didn't appear too fazed, telling Clenney that he was only trying to move her hand and 'really didn't mean to,' according to the outlet. The defense had also planned to introduce witnesses to the alleged abuse and images of Clenney with visible injuries.  In previously released bodycam footage, police were seen entering Clenney and Obumseli's Miami apartment on April 3, 2022.  Clenney was covered in blood, but when officers told her to step away from Obumseli, she pleaded: 'I can't let this happen... it wasn't me.'  As she was handcuffed, she added: 'I am covered in his blood because I was trying to save him... I need him, he was my other half.'  The case captured headlines as bodycam footage was released, showing a blood-covered Clenney moments after she stabbed her cryptocurrency trader boyfriend to death The bodycamera footage showed the OnlyFans model covered in blood after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, begging paramedics to let her see him The model, who had used the name Courtney Tailor on platforms like Instagram and OnlyFans, filed court records earlier this month saying she planned to produce evidence of an abusive relationship  Clenney alleged that she was in an abusive relationship with Obumseli, and maintained that text messages and witness testimony would show she feared for her life The model previously told investigators that Obumseli had pushed her and thrown her to the floor, which prompted her to grab a knife and throw it at Obumseli from about ten feet away The model previously told investigators that Obumseli had pushed her and thrown her to the floor, which prompted her to grab a knife and throw it at Obumseli from about ten feet away. But the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Obumseli said his wound could not have been caused by a knife thrown from that distance. Her parents, Kim and Deborah Clenney, were previously taken into custody for breaking in and stealing Obumseli's computer - but were later released. State attorneys were able to gain access to Kim's iCloud account, where they found messages showing the family working with defense attorneys to guess passwords to access the laptop. But in June 2024, Judge Laura Cruz ruled in a two-paragraph opinion that the state prosecutors had violated attorney-client privilege by accessing the Clenney family's private conversations with their own lawyers. While Clenney has argued that she acted in self-defense, attorneys representing Obumseli's family have rejected that claim and said he was the victim of domestic violence at the hands of the model.