The homicide trial of OnlyFans mannequin Courtney Clenney won’t embody key proof prosecutors obtained from her mom’s iCloud … after a Miami-Dade decide dominated in her protection workforce’s favor.
Decide Laura Cruz introduced her determination Wednesday, discovering the prosecutors violated attorney-client privilege once they accessed messages between Courtney’s dad and mom and their attorneys which have been on Deborah Clenney‘s iCloud account.
Bear in mind, Courtney was arrested and charged with 2nd-degree homicide over the deadly stabbing of boyfriend Christian Obumseli in April 2022. Her dad and mom — Kim and Deborah Clenney — have been later arrested and charged with allegedly accessing Obumseli’s pc.
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In accordance with prosecutors, the household’s messages with the attorneys concerned them attempting to guess the password for Obumseli’s laptop computer.
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Nevertheless, these conversations won’t be utilized in Courtney’s homicide trial … as Decide Cruz dominated they have been protected beneath attorney-client privilege.
The Clenney household’s lawyer noticed the choice as a win for the protection, noting in an announcement … “It is a bedrock precept of privateness the state ought to by no means have breached. They entered the protection camp. All of that taints their prosecution. They focused our shoppers Kim and Deborah, for no cause.”
Prosecutors haven’t mentioned whether or not they may proceed to pursue the costs towards Courtney’s dad and mom.
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As for the way all of this impacts Courtney’s homicide trial — the decide mentioned she’ll have extra to say throughout a Friday listening to.
