Overview
- Clenney and prosecutors told media a plea deal was reached, which her attorneys confirmed on Friday, July 31, but they have not disclosed the terms.
- If Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson accepts the agreement at the Aug. 10 hearing the scheduled second-degree murder trial will not proceed.
- Clenney was charged in the April 3, 2022 death of Christian Obumseli, was arrested in Hawaii months later, and has remained in custody since her extradition to Florida.
- Her defense had planned to use text messages and an alleged animal-cruelty arrest warrant to support a claim that Obumseli was abusive, while prosecutors and the Miami-Dade medical examiner say the fatal chest wound pierced a major artery and did not match Clenney’s account.
- A court-approved plea would resolve a case that drew national attention because of Clenney’s influencer profile and years of pretrial disputes, and it will determine whether she faces a negotiated sentence or a future appeal.