Lawyer Speaks After Audio Of Courtney Clenney’s Racial Slurs

Courtney Clenney‘s lawyer doubled down on her self-defense claims amid surfaced audio of his shopper berating Christain Obumseli with extreme use of the n-word. Police discovered that recording amongst others saved on Christian’s cellphone within the months main as much as his loss of life. Courtney is on trial for stabbing Obumseli on April 3 of their shared Miami rental.

“The proof makes it very clear the 2 have been in a poisonous and dysfunctional relationship. from which Courtney had requested for assist from each police and her household to go away,” Clenney’s legal professional Frank Prieto informed TMZ.

In lower than two minutes, Courtney repeatedly calls Christian the n-word, threatens and asks to slap him, and taunts him with phrases like “man up, bitch.” She additionally calls for that he discover her cellphone and cost it utilizing express language.

All through the audio, Christian expresses confusion at Courtney’s heightened voice and yells. He additionally reminds her of his apologies. The heated dialog seemingly stemmed from Christian saying howdy to a pal in passing and never telling Courtney about it.

Courtney’s Lawyer Labels Her A Sufferer Of Home Abuse

Prieto didn’t share any kind of apologies on his shopper’s behalf for her racist rhetoric. However he did affirm the self-defense and sufferer of home violence narratives.

“She’s not going to trial for her way of life, her earlier arguments, or recorded rants. She goes to trial for defending herself in opposition to a violent wrestle along with her ex-boyfriend for which she feared for her life,” Prieto mentioned. “Courtney is a sufferer of home abuse.”

Prieto added that displaying items of proof with out context can stop Courtney from having a good trial.

On the time of the stabbing, police did not determine Courtney as a suspect. She was detained on the scene however was in the end launched. And when video surfaced of her coated in blood inside their residence, she was nonetheless not named a suspect. Days later, a girl confronted Courtney as she sat at a resort bar along with her father.

The videotaped interplay obtained as a lot viral backlash as Christian’s resurfaced tweets bashing Black girls. His brother Jeffrey launched an announcement addressing Courtney and his brother’s destructive comparisons of Black girls to white girls. Within the assertion, the Obumseli household condemned his insults however continued to name for justice.

“Courtney Clenney’s callous actions haven’t been met with an oz. of regret. We’ve seen movies of Courtney kissing her canines whereas coated in blood and casually getting drinks at a resort bar days later whereas my brother lays within the morgue,” Jeffrey mentioned. He added, “…the shortage of transparency strongly suggests foul play was concerned” and that the household had “each purpose to consider that [Christian’s] loss of life was the results of unwarranted and unprovoked violence. We wish to see justice served.”

Footage Of Courtney Attacking Christian Surfaces After Police Cost Courtney With Homicide

Regardless of the household’s calls for for justice, her arrest didn’t come till August. She was detained at a rehab facility in Hawaii, the place she was allegedly receiving remedy for post-traumatic dysfunction and substance abuse. Authorities charged the 26-year-old with second-degree homicide with a lethal weapon.

Inside the identical week, TMZ obtained footage of Courtney initiating a bodily combat inside an elevator in February 2021. Christian tried to maintain her at bay together with his forearm however in the end shoved her a couple of instances after she repeatedly lunged and swung at him. Courtney is seen punching his head and pulling his hair–at the same time as he walks out of the elevator on a distinct flooring.

By the top of August, a choose denied Courtney’s request for bail, regardless of her lawyer arguing for lowered costs. Within the weeks since extra particulars have emerged in regards to the nature of their relationship.

Physique digital camera footage launched in October exhibits police chatting with a constructing worker and Courtney two days earlier than the deadly stabbing. Nonetheless, the police appeared confused about Courtney’s state of affairs. She requested a restraining order in opposition to Christian, but in addition declined to say any violence on the evening of the decision–regardless of the worker witnessing Christian “charging” at her.