“The written plea agreement is signed by, not only the state but the defendant and also her attorneys,” prosecutor Shawn Abuhoff told Judge Wolfson during her sentencing. “She is agreeing and admitting that she is the cause of the stab wound that Mr. Obumseli received and that she is taking criminal responsibility for her actions.”
Abuhoff emphasized that if the model violates her probation at any point, “She’s waiving extradition back to Florida” and can face between 10 and 30 years in state prison.
Following the sentencing, Obumseli’s cousin Karen Egbuna delivered a victim impact statement on behalf of his mom.
“There is simply too much pain to put on paper,” Egbuna read aloud. “That was the darkest day of my life, and the darkness continued to unfold as I learned Christian had been killed by his girlfriend Courtney Clenney, someone he had trusted and loved.”
“I have lived with fear, anxiety, sleepless nights, heartache, and more tears than I could ever count,” she continued. “There are moments when my mind goes back to the last moments of Christian’s life. As his mother, those thoughts are very difficult for me to carry. There was a joy in my life and in our family’s life before Christian died that has never completely returned.”