Building security accused of doing nothing while man stabbed to death
Miami Florida July 28, 2023
Building security stood outside OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney’s luxury Miami apartment and “did nothing” for several minutes as she allegedly knifed her boyfriend to death, lawyers claim.
Security at the Miami high-rise where Clenney lived with her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, was first notified of a fight inside the couple’s 22nd-floor unit — and stood outside their apartment door for 12 minutes — before Clenney herself called police and said she had fatally stabbed him, according to a lawsuit filed by Obumseli’s estate.
“Building security arrived at the Clenney unit, knocked on the door, heard yelling through the door, stood outside, and did nothing despite knowledge of Ms. Clenney’s history of past disturbances in the unit and common areas, her history of erratic, volatile and aggressive behavior … and her recently diagnosed mental health disorder,” states an amended complaint filed last week by attorneys representing Obumseli’s estate.
Obumseli, 28, and the social media vixen had moved into the One Paraiso apartment complex on Northeast 7th Avenue in January 2022, just four months before he died following the April 3 knife attack.
The couple quickly became known to building staff, security and Miami Dade police, who had responded to the apartment nine times — including twice on the day they moved in, the lawsuit states.
Clenney’s attorneys have said she is a victim of abuse who was defending herself from Obumseli’s attacks when she plunged the blade into his torso.
But the model was caught on footage going after Obumseli in a building elevator months before his death.
Clenney’s co-counsel, Frank Andrew Prieto, slammed the amended complaint as Obumseli’s lawyers’ “attempts to manipulate the narrative of what really occurred.”
“That afternoon, Courtney’s actions were taken in self-defense after suffering at the hands of Obumseli’s mental and physical abuse,” Prieto’s statement said. “The amended complaint includes the many times Courtney called security and the police for help; however, it distorts many facts and leaves out significant details that do not fit their false narrative.”
The person who owned the unit where they lived went as far as beginning the eviction process in March, per the building management’s request after it had received a flood of complaints from other residents, the suit claims.
But management and her landlord reversed course after Clenney told them on March 28 “that she had been recently diagnosed with a severe borderline personality disorder, and had begun taking medication,” the suit states.
She allegedly said the medication would begin to kick in after taking it for about a month.
Obumseli’s father, Chio, representing his son’s estate, has sued Clenney, One Paraiso, its related parties and the security company that provided services for the property, arguing that they could have stopped the murder.
Attorneys for the other parties involved did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
Clenney, 26, was charged with second-degree murder for her boyfriend’s death.
Her attorneys have alluded to a history of abuse at the hands of Obumseli, and said she had filed a restraining order against him days before the attack.
The attorneys also have also said witnesses once saw Obumseli charge the woman.
The starlet, who boasted over 2 million Instagram follows, has pleaded not guilty.
On the day of his death, Obumseli arrived at the apartment just after 4:30 p.m. and the pair allegedly began fighting shortly thereafter, the suit claims.
A front desk attendant began receiving complaints about noise coming from their unit around 4:45 p.m., at which point the employee called the police about a fight in the couple’s unit.
The employee denied the need for medics, the complaint states.
“At 4:45 pm, One Paraiso [and other security and building entities] knew or should have known that this constituted an emergency and that they had a right to immediately access the unit, given the unique circumstances of Ms. Clenney and her history and medical condition,” the lawsuit goes on.
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.
