Published at 4:30 PM, October 18, 2024 and last upgraded 12:02 PM, October 21, 2024
MIAMI (Court Television)– A bond hearing for an OnlyFans design implicated of killing her sweetheart took an unforeseen turn when her defense presented a video of knives being tossed at a pig carcass to show their case.
Courtney Clenney appears in court for a movements hearing on Oct. 18, 2024. (Court Television)
Courtney Clenney is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her sweetheart, Christian Obumseli. Obumseli was stabbed to death in the couple's shared Miami apartment or condo, however Clenney has actually declared she acted in self-defense when she eliminated him. Clenney informed detectives that she never ever implied to stab the victim and, in truth, had in fact tossed the knife at him.
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Clenney has actually remained in the Miami-Dade County prison considering that her arrest on Aug. 10, 2022, and at a hearing on Friday, her lawyers asked Judge Laura Cruz to launch her ahead of her trial, which has actually not yet been set up.
Clenney's lawyers presented Dr. John Marraccini as their skilled witness, who affirmed that his screening identified that it was possible and even most likely that Clenney had actually tossed the knife that eliminated Obumseli. To evaluate the theory, Clenney's defense scheduled knives to be tossed at a pig carcass. Marraccini described to the Court that the pig's skin and tissue act just like a human's.
In a video display played throughout a movements hearing on Oct. 18, 2024, a male is seen tossing knives at a pig carcass. (Court Television)
A video participated in proof by the defense revealed a guy consistently tossing knives at the carcass, hung versus a wall. Numerous of the knives might be seen effectively impaling the body. Dr. Marraccini then appeared on the video to analyze the injuries, which he stated resembled those suffered by Obumseli.
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District attorneys highlighted the defects of the presentation, particularly the distinctions in size and physique in between Clenney, a small female, and the guy seen tossing knives in the video, who is bigger. They likewise kept in mind that Marraccini never ever analyzed the real murder weapon or suggested how sharp it remained in contrast to the knives utilized in the experiment.
When district attorneys questioned whether the experiment matched Clenney's story about tossing the knife, her lawyers stated that bodyworn electronic camera from the day of the occurrence matched the details they utilized to draw up the knife-throwing setup. Since that bodyworn cam video was not yet presented into proof, the judge postponed judgment on the movement up until she might examine it.
District attorneys prompted the judge to reject the demand, stating that Clenney represents a threat to herself and everybody else around her “whenever she does not get her method.”
