Courtney Clenney, an OnlyFans model facing a murder charge in Miami-Dade, has asked a judge to bar prosecutors from presenting a string of alleged prior violent incidents against her at trial, arguing this would unfairly portray her as the aggressor. Clenney is accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Christian "Toby" Obumseli, and is expected to argue she acted in self-defence, making the framing of their relationship's history central to how a jury weighs her account.

As part of this strategy, Clenney's defence team is separately seeking to introduce evidence of an animal-cruelty warrant connected to Obumseli, which they argue supports the picture of him as prone to violence rather than her. The case has drawn significant public attention given Clenney's social media profile, and the pre-trial rulings on what evidence each side can present are likely to shape the direction of the eventual Miami-Dade courtroom proceedings.