The parents of an OnlyFans model accused of murdering her boyfriend in their Miami apartment in April 2022 have been arrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence.
Courtney Creney’s father and mother, Deborah, 57, and Kim Creney, 60, were taken into custody by police in Texas on Tuesday on out-of-state felony warrants. According to WPLG.
After police returned Ms Creny’s apartment to her parents, Kim Creny reportedly discovered her daughter’s boyfriend Christian Obumuseli’s laptop, but it was quickly taken and not handed over to police.
The paper quoted a police source as saying, “Mr. Clenney’s parents tried to hide evidence while cleaning out their Edgewater high-rise apartment.”
The report said the parents allegedly tried to access the laptop before handing it over to Obumuseli’s lawyer.
The OnlyFans model, 27, has been imprisoned in Miami since August 2022, awaiting trial for stabbing Obumuseli to death inside her luxury condo on April 3 after a nighttime argument.
She is charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, but has pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense.
Craney’s father has been involved in her legal battle since taking the stand in November 2022 at a bail hearing and testifying that the fatal stabbing was an act of self-defense after prolonged abuse. are doing.
“It was very toxic,” Kim Clenney said of her relationship with her daughter. “We knew from the beginning that he wasn’t treating her right… There were a lot of things that her father, who loves his daughter deeply, shouldn’t have to put up with.”
Kim and Deborah Creney were picked up by police in Texas and booked into the Travis County Jail on a “hold to another agency” shortly after 2:30 p.m., according to jail records reviewed by the newspaper.
Courtney Creney’s lawyers say her parents’ arrest is surprising and concerning, and sees it as a way to keep them quiet ahead of a gag order hearing later this week.
“We are very surprised and extremely concerned by the arrest of the Creny family. This may be an example of prosecutorial overreach and misconduct,” Frank Prieto said in a statement obtained by Local 10 News. I mentioned it in the. “The Crenies have quite the story, and it’s probably one that the state of Florida doesn’t want the public to hear.
“We believe the Creney family was targeted with trumped-up charges to discredit them in the media and make their lives miserable. A power play by prosecutors to control the narrative. It smells like.”
A hearing is scheduled for Thursday when a gag order will be imposed in the case.
Prieto said in a statement that the arrest in Texas could have occurred in Florida, where he would have been held on “$5,000 bail, or $500 in bail.” Ta.
“Right now they are pursuing Courtney’s mother and father in such a way that they will have to spend significant time in prison without bond.
“Because we don’t yet know what the real charges are, it appears that prosecutors are trying to cash in on the media in this case where there is little to no evidence. It’s unnecessary and offensive. They have to All it took was a phone call and we would have been in court. That’s very inexcusable.”
Earlier this month, the law firm representing Obumuseli’s family released a video that purportedly shows the model hitting and yelling at her boyfriend inside a rented Aspen home in the months before Obumuseli’s death.
An audio recording taken by a third party showed Ms Cranny crying over Obumseli’s poor treatment.
“Christian, I’m tired of it, I’m tired of the way you treat me,” Clenny says in the three-minute film. Video obtained by WTVJ.
Mr Kurenyi, who has 2 million followers on Instagram, also denied claims that Mr Obumuseli had been caught flirting with three women.
