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Miami prosecutors have dropped computer hacking charges against a bikini model and her parents in the stabbing death of her boyfriend in a luxury high-rise apartment.
Courtney Clyne, a 28-year-old OnlyFans model with nearly 2 million Instagram followers, has been in custody since August 2022 after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, 27-year-old Christian Obmsley, in the heart.
The killing was initially ruled as self-defense, but investigators continued to probe after Obumseli’s family raised vocal concerns.
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Courtney Clyne and Christian Obmeseli pose for a photo on August 14, 2021 in Palm Springs, Calif. Clyne is accused of stabbing Obmeseli to death in April 2022. (Dexter Kaufman)
Prosecutors later brought computer hacking charges against Kleiney and his parents, after reviewing communications between Kleiney’s father and his defense team.
But those charges were dropped when the judge ruled that the prosecution’s use of those communications violated attorney-client privilege.
Jude Faccidomo, the Clyne family’s defense attorney in the hacking case, said the Miami State Attorney’s Office should recuse itself from the case after reading the material, as it involved Courtney Clyne’s personal defense strategy with other attorneys.
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Deborah Cleyney and Kim Cleyney smile as they speak to the press with their attorney, Jude Facidomo, on February 7, 2024 in Coconut Grove, Florida. (Elon Skuey for Fox News Digital)
A spokesman for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office said investigators were not aware of an attorney-client relationship between Kleiny’s parents and Prieto.
“Judge Laura Cruz found that prosecutors were unaware that attorney Frank Prieto represented Kim and Deborah Clyne because the contract hiring him was only presented after their arrests,” spokesman Ed Griffith said in a statement. “Moreover, attorney Prieto never publicly indicated that he represented Kim and Deborah Clyne, only their daughter.”
He said police read the texts, saw evidence of the crime and shared it with prosecutors. However, they had to be removed after the judge’s ruling.
Excerpts from a group text conversation between Courtney Clyne’s parents and their attorneys are reproduced in an illustration. (Fox News Digital)
Kim Clyne, 60, and Deborah Clyne, 57, are his father and mother.
The parents are accused of discussing PIN and password options in a group message with their daughter’s four lawyers — Frank Prieto, Sabrina Puglisi, Manuel Recio and Pamela Corvalan — who allegedly obtained the login details from the jailed lawyer. Murder suspect,
Neither Prieto nor his office responded to requests for comment Friday.
“Would you please send suggestions for laptop pins so we can try them before we look again?” Kim Clyne wrote to the group on Sept. 26, 2022, according to the warrant for her Arrest in Texas,
“Good evening guys. I have some pins I can send you tomorrow,” Prieto replied. Four days later, the father wrote back, “Yes, absolutely! That pin worked!”
Courtney Clyne poses for a photo on February 2, 2022 in Aspen, Colorado. (@dexterkaufman)
Prieto previously told Fox News Digital that there was “clear evidence of self-defense” and that Obamaseli had strangled Clyne before stabbing him.
“Courtney had no choice but to respond to force with force,” he said.
Friends told Fox News Digital that the couple had a very warm relationship, though they claimed Clyne was often aggressive. Although she had sought a restraining order against Obamas before his death, videos have emerged of her screaming at him, berating him and using racial slurs.
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The two met while on a trip to Tulum, Mexico, and began dating after returning to the U.S. They moved from Austin, Texas, to Miami, where Kleiny pursued her OnlyFans modeling career and Obmsley traded cryptocurrencies and became her manager.
In a video recorded during a trip to Aspen, Colorado, in February 2022 and made public this January, Clyne yelled at Obumseili and repeatedly hit him in front of a person who recorded the encounter.
She accused Obamaseli of drinking himself to death, told him he was “fired from his job” and yelled at him to leave. She also accused him of spending money on her and flirting with other women. Less than two months later, she reportedly said stabbed him to death,
OnlyFans model Courtney Cleony sits in a courtroom during a hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on December 8, 2022 in Miami. (Pool via Miami Herald)
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Lawyers for Obumseli’s family say a long line of evidence shows it was Kleiny, not her, who was the cunning abuser with a history of domestic violence.
Exclusive photos obtained by Fox News Digital show that in a photoshoot taken later during the same trip, he had blood on his hand and tape stuck to the fingers of his right hand.
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Courtney Kleney and Christian Obmesley pose for a photo on August 14, 2021 in Palm Springs, California. (Dexter Kaufman)
According to a mutual friend, on another occasion during the trip, Obumseli turned up with a fresh stitch on his face.
“Christian was a very big man and could have easily caused harm if he wanted to, but he never stood up to her,” the friend told Fox News Digital. “He always put up with the abuse from her and the video shows literally everything.”
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A crime scene photo shows the serrated kitchen knife that Clenney allegedly used to murder Obumseli. (Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office)
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Obumceli family attorney Kimberly Wald told Fox News Digital that Obumceli’s family is suing the building manager of the luxury condo where the couple lived, as well as the security company that allegedly stood outside the couple’s apartment and did nothing during the stabbing incident.
The family also has a pending lawsuit against Clyne.
She is facing a second-degree murder charge For the death of her lover.
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Helpline at 800-799-7233.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
