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And now, all of a sudden, this is all happening. What's his name? I just Christian Christian Tobechukwu
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Obumseli. Christian? Please, I'm scared of him. On the 3rd of April, 2022, Miami police
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received a terrifying phone call. I got a guy I can't feel my arm. I can't feel my arm.
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Oh my boyfriend is dying in the apartment. Ma'am, what is the address? 2131 Northeast
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7th Avenue. He is dying. I'm so sorry. He is 27-year-old Christian Toby Obumseli was
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bleeding out in his girlfriend's lap with a brutal stab wound to the chest. When police arrived, pools of blood were
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found all over the apartment, and Toby was barely clinging to life. Only Fans model Courtney Clenney had met Toby back
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in 2020. The two seemed to be deeply in love, but behind closed doors, things were completely different. The
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couple were known to have violent fights, and the police were even called multiple times to their apartments.
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[music] But, their biggest argument would take place in April of 2022, and result in
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Toby bleeding out and begging for his life. Courtney told police she had nothing to do with it, but police
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thought differently. So, she was brought in for questioning, and a 5-hour long interrogation began.
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Please, my apologies for being absolutely covered in blood. Listen, you don't have to apologize, okay? I
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completely understand. Mhm. All right. Things happen. You can't control them. Okay? How long have you guys been
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together? Um about 2 years. About 2 years? A year and a half to 2 years, yeah. Okay.
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Is he okay? He is just He's in the hospital. They're still you know, uh monitoring him and
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talking to him. So, we're waiting. Oh my god. So, he's not even He didn't even have to have surgery?
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Well, I don't know. They're They're They're still They're still uh doing uh X-rays and stuff like that.
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So, I don't know yet. I'm waiting to hear a response. That's all I have to do. Okay.
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Thank god. The detectives tell Courtney that Toby is in the hospital but alive. Detectives
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are usually unaware of how a suspect will react to certain information, so it's often safest to open by easing any
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worries they may have and talking in a non-accusatory manner. This makes the suspect feel more relaxed and more
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likely to open up. Toby and I just got back together. I had broken up with him, and then he
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came back last night tonight, and then she got like the cue of argument, and I ended up getting scared, and I think
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that I over I think we're not over yet to necessarily, but we acted, and I just you know, maybe that's what my husband
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Do you guys work here in Miami, or do you guys have your own business? I do social media, so I'm an influencer.
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I guess it's what influencer. What do you focus on? Like Instagram, or um social media?
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Instagram. And what is it that he does? Stocks and crypto. Stocks and crypto? He does have stocks and does the crypto.
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We were going to move into a house. Mhm. So, have an apartment, and then we're like, maybe we just move here for a
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year. And then once we got here, we were like, No, this is dope. Yeah. So, he we're
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We have a dog picked out. It's a golden retriever. We're going to name Mellow. We're going to get a house.
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We're going to have a backyard. Cuz I have two dogs, and then we're going to have three.
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So, we're planning on staying here for a while. Sorry. What's that again? You don't want to
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open up? The detectives can tell Courtney is in a vulnerable state, but at the end of the
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day, they're there to solve a crime. Courtney's being investigated for stabbing Toby, and the only defense
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she's given so far is that there was an argument, and things got out of hand. If
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Courtney did in fact do what she's being accused of, being forced to think about
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her past and future with Toby would really be messing with her emotions, causing her to become more vulnerable
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and hopefully lead to an easy confession. Let's start from the start. Uh you guys were supposed to take out the
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dogs to the park, right? And then what happened after that? Um like I said, a little bit before.
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Um I was doing laundry. Mhm. And tried to call my mom. She didn't answer the first time. And then he left,
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I guess he went to go bike over there. He That's what he said. I don't know if he walked or biked, but he told me he's
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going to bike first. He said Like a bicycle? Yeah. Okay. And then he came back with a Subway
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sandwich and I said something about like, "Oh, are you going to like reshare your location with me?" Like to ensure
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it. [snorts] And I said, "Yeah." Yeah, I didn't share it. And then I was like, "Well, when did you do that?" And
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he was like, "The other day, like when you were done with me." And I was like, "Okay, well, fair
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enough." And I reshare it. Um and then he told me I mean, they kind of like it turned into like a little
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like argument or something. And then he just told me to reshare mine and I was like, "Okay, yeah, I will."
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And then I didn't do it immediately. Um he asked me about it again. Um and I don't know what I was thinking, but I
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just said, "Something about well, what if I'm somewhere you don't want me to be?"
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Which I wouldn't have been. I love him. Um but maybe you don't want to know where I am. I guess maybe that would
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just like hurt him because he was pressing me. Um and he ended up pinning me against
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the wall. I mean, I said like choking me on the floor. I just like feel like on my neck. I was like, "I mean, I'm not
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saying like choking me like you know, whatever." But I mean he had my like neck like I
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my neck has been twice before where I couldn't breathe and I was on the floor. I could not breathe. And I don't think
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that he's just trying to kill me, but I was scared. And all three times I have been scared. I'm on the floor.
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And you have me pinned. I'm on my mom on the phone. So, this happened like over by the door
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and somehow it was like over in the living room. He was standing by by the couch kissing toward the kitchen
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and I was in the kitchen. And then he just like I could see like all the white in his eyes and he was
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like like coming at me. And so I grabbed I grabbed one of these knives my mom got
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me for Christmas and cuz I had one of them. And I was like I swear I swear to god I swear to god. It was just
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like I I mean I I grabbed me like don't come any you were closer to me because I could I mean
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earlier this happened two other times where I couldn't breathe. I'm sorry. I couldn't breathe
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and it's very scary and I just think like just like that kind of thing where I was saying like do you know if he's
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okay? If you like even if you if he's choking me and he's angry enough, he might like
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I mean this is different I think. But if he's like choking me or like pinning me
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or something and I can't breathe, he might go too long. So, I grab I might sorry. I grab my I
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grab a knife and I said don't come any where closer to me. I absolutely no intention of using it. I'm on the phone
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with my mom and he's coming at me like he's going to grab either the phone or like the knife or something and so I was
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just like I I was like don't come any closer. He's coming at me and I threw it. And I meant for it to go
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How far away was he? I think from well, I was by my fridge and he was like by the edge of one of
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the chairs of the sofa. Um like I'm I'm trying to think in my head. To recap, Courtney says that an argument
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started when the pair had both stopped sharing their phone locations that resulted in him pinning her against the
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floor and her retaliating by throwing a kitchen knife across the room piercing him in the chest. Courtney also clearly
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states that her attack was in self-defense and specifically involved her throwing a knife 10 ft across the
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apartment that landed perfectly in his chest causing him to bleed out and fear for his life.
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So then you were by the fridge and he was by the couch? Yes, I was between covered in front of
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the fridge and he was by the couch. And then Behind behind my island. And then what kind of movements did he
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make that you at that at that moment? He was going to walk around me. Running? Okay.
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Well, charging aggressively walking something. What was he doing? Like was he doing
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something with his hands or Then he had his hands up. I really could I couldn't tell you.
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Was he yelling at you at the time? Yes. Was that at the moment that he was charging you or earlier in one of the
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arguments? It was before he choked me. When I Yes, it was before he choked me. Okay.
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And I Whatever. But I swear to God I was scared. I mean after like what had just I was scared
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and I was on the phone with my mom and it was still happening. I was scared. So you told me you told me that that he
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had you against the wall at one point, right? With the hands over your neck? Mhm.
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And How did you end up from the wall to the ground? He let me go. Let me go and then I
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started swinging on him because I had been against the wall. Okay. I started trying to hit him.
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Yeah. And then He put me on the ground. He dropped you to the ground? What I'm trying to remember like a whole
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situation of where I was really upset about something. Yeah. Which I've learned in therapy and
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whatever. It's like write down like all the details, so you don't forget. Just like write it all out clearly.
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So it makes sense to you and it makes sense to somebody else. But I haven't had a chance to have a pen
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and paper or my phone to like write down exactly what happened. And I haven't really even like fully thought about it.
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So honestly my my answer is I couldn't even I don't remember. Okay. Do you guys have a history of
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Yeah. You said you've been together how long, sorry? Almost We're almost three years.
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So how many how many incidents do you think you've had? I I don't I don't know. But we shouldn't
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be together. And have you made a report before? Uh no. You've never made a report?
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Oh, I did in I did in Dallas actually about a year ago. And he was complaining. And what happened there?
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Um he had pushed me in the uh lobby, but it wasn't like a big deal and they made it a huge deal.
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The couple had also been involved in another incident in Las Vegas less than a year earlier. Police were called to
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their apartment after a loud argument was heard as well as glasses smashing on the floor and walls.
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The apartment was trashed when police arrived and Courtney's story was all over the place.
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Why did you call for help? Because we were getting really loud. We were getting loud. I was like, "Oh my
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god, we're going to like do damage to the room or something." Not damage to each other. Like I really wanted to like
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Now why why why would you think why would you think that you were going to do damage to the apartment?
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I like throwing something or like Did you throw something? Did I? Yeah. No. Did anybody throw anything?
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No. So why would you think that there is damage to the room to be made? Because I've done that before in our
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house and I What have you done? Thrown a glass and plate. Did you throw a glass or a plate at him
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today? No. Okay. So if I before. Okay. So when I go to the room and I see a broken glass on the floor, where did
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the glass come from? I don't I don't know. I literally couldn't even remember how the fight
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started. Okay, well Was there Yeah? Maybe I did. Well, I'm guessing that I threw a glass, but that sounds like me.
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Courtney was brought to jail and held for 12 hours overnight, but Toby refused to press charges and advocated heavily
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for release. This may seem like nothing, but police did conclude that Courtney had attacked him that night by throwing
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a glass at his head. If nothing else, it proves that Courtney was capable of attacking Toby unprovoked and opens up
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an entirely new avenue for this investigation. However, it also turns out that police had been in contact with
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the couple more recently. In fact, they'd actually been called by security to their apartment the day before the
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attack. Um but the cops have been up there um one of the time yesterday. Mhm. Or
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absolutely nothing. Absolutely none. They harassed uh not the not the police, but um
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security guards from the prob it's like young security guards. Okay. Came up for no reason.
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Um bothered him, bothered me. The cops were called, however, and captured an entire exchange on body cams
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providing a stark contrast to the story that Courtney gave here. Security called.
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I did it. Nobody asked I called. You called. What's going on? What's going on? What's
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going Let him talk. Let him Let him talk. [laughter] Okay. Uh the front desk personnel, she
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informed us that uh Ms. Courtney You okay? uh her boyfriend was trying to get into the elevator and
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she had her hand out like this and she was like, "Oh no, don't come inside the elevator." Okay. So, we asked her, I
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said, "Do you want him to leave the property?" She said, "No, she don't want him to."
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I did not say that. I said, "Yes." Hold on. Courtney, what's going on? What do you
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need? Ms. Courtney What? my boyfriend. All right, so what do you what do you what do you want to say?
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I want a restraining order against Christian Rumsby. We don't issue those. Those are
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from court. Can I do that? to go to court. You have to go to downtown. How can I make myself first?
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Courtney is obviously extremely panicked in this footage and seems less concerned
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about any possible that she may have been sustaining and more worried about getting a restraining order before Toby
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can. It's also important to note that the building's security noticed her pushing Toby out of the elevator and
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screaming at him and mentioned absolutely no aggression coming from him. As the evidence mounts up, it's
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starting to get increasingly more likely that Courtney's whole self-defense story
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might be straying slightly away from the truth. But as is almost always the case
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in situations like these, everything is still hearsay and officially debunking her claims is going to be a challenge
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for the detectives. But after leaving her alone for almost an hour and letting her change clothes, they returned to the
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interrogation room with some more news for her. Yeah, so you're living in an area right now.
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Yes. You know? So so much better once they just say Yeah, they will. Yeah. I've been asking. I've been asking for
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That's what we're waiting for. I mean, I feel like if they I mean, if he says he's not,
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that's a lot worse for me. So they've asked for an update and I asked them for an update as well, so
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they're checking. Uh see what's going on cuz they're I I don't I don't know what I'm going to
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do. I don't know what I will do with myself. Well, it's it's not okay. No matter what.
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I I I clearly we can't be together. No matter what happens, Right. no matter where this falls, right? It's
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it's out of control. Um so we have to inform you that Christian did not make it.
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Okay. Um unfortunately, the doctors did what they could and Christian is dead. Yes.
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Oh my god. This is not real, right? Okay. No, this is not real, right? Christian died?
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Can I please have a hug? Am I allowed to do that in here? Sure. Come here. Relax.
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I'm just fine. No, no, no. Relax. I'm fine. Calm down. No. Take deep breaths. I I need I need to
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I need to hug my mom. I cannot be left alone in like a room by myself. You won't be.
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I'm just worried. I'm sorry. No, that's not true. That's not I didn't I That's not real, right?
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It is, sweetie. Christian didn't Christian isn't dead. Yes. We're not going to lie to you.
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The last thing you ate was Subway. What I was saying in that other room, I said, "God forbid." God forbid
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when like from the far away, if if it if What if What if I What if it had actually hit a
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little bit lower and he died? So, we can't we can't change what what's occurred and
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and we're sorry. So, I'm just step by step. So, you'll get through this, all right?
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It's easy to tell by the detectives' reactions that they're fairly convinced what happened was indeed self-defense.
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In fact, one of them was even talking earlier about how he's sure she'd be allowed home that night and that
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everything was going to be fine. So, it obviously wasn't hard for her lawyer to convince them officially that she wasn't
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guilty and she was let off without any charges. But remember, the detectives weren't
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aware of any of the evidence mentioned so far. All they know is what Courtney told them. So as time went on, evidence
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started to mount up and the Obumseli's case was starting to become stronger and stronger. The body cam videos started to
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become publicly available and the true nature of her previous arrests came to light. There were also unflattering
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videos such as this one showing her drunk in public just days after her release.
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Yeah, and I'm seeking justice. What? Right now. Yeah. You should go. Yeah, you should go.
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He was with my boyfriend. Yeah, you did. Yeah, and yeah. Yeah, okay. Cool. Sure, people make mistakes and drink too
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much. But when you're seen acting like this in public just days after balling your eyes out in an interrogation room,
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you don't exactly get painted in the best light. Just days later, footage secretly recorded by Toby was found on
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his phone displaying Courtney violently screaming at him, using aggressive language, hitting him across the face,
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and using racial slurs. You were talking to her without telling me. Courtney, I was on a bike ride and she
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passed me and I said hi. You and Courtney are having a a live chat. My bad, I forgot to tell you that. That
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doesn't make you want to act like Toby. Yeah. Yes, yes, thank you. Coming from Courtney, thank you.
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I want you to get away from me. So due to this and many other accounts stating that Courtney was well and truly
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the one, we prepare to see if she'll be spending the rest of her life behind bars.