What actually happened on April 3rd, 2022 — the day Christian Obamsele was stabbed?
According to the arrest affidavit detailed in the episode, April 3rd, 2022, began as an ordinary afternoon. Courtney Clenny and Christian Obamsele spent time playing with their dogs before Christian left the apartment to pick up sandwiches. He returned shortly after 4:30 PM. Courtney called 911 at 4:57 PM — meaning the stabbing unfolded in a window of roughly 20 minutes after his return.
What makes the timeline particularly significant is the gap between Courtney's account to detectives and what the physical evidence reveals. She told investigators she threw the knife from approximately 10 feet away, but the medical examiner's findings contradicted that directly: the wound was too deep to be consistent with a thrown blade at that distance. The prosecution treated this discrepancy as central to their case. You can follow the full investigation on Dateline NBC via Listenly.
"So what authorities are saying is, you said it in your own words. It's kind of tantamount to a confession."
— Dateline NBC, August 6, 2026 episodeThe plea deal that eventually followed reflected the weight of that physical evidence. Florida manslaughter sentencing guidelines carry just over nine years, and Courtney had already served four years at the time of the agreement — a detail that shaped the terms of the resolution reached in court.
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Courtney Clenny was an OnlyFans model with approximately 2 million Instagram followers who earned an estimated $3 million from OnlyFans during 2020 and 2021, and was in a romantic relationship with Christian Obamsele at the time of his death.