Florida girl convicted of recklessly planning to murder 18-year-old, luring him with promises of sex, then watching as her boyfriend killed her with a sword

Andre Clements, 17, and his girlfriend had already broken up, however the news that she had slept with one other boy at their highschool sent him into a frenzy.

Clements is accused of brutally beating 18-year-old Dwight “DJ” Grant in a jealous rage and then fatally stabbing him within the neck and chest with a sword on the victim’s apartment complex in Miramar, Florida, nearly 4 years ago.

The situation was terrifying enough by itself, but there was a strange twist to the love triangle: Clements allegedly convinced his latest girlfriend, Christie Parisienne, then 17, and a third classmate, Jaslyn Smith, to help him get revenge on his ex-girlfriend.

Now, Parisienne’s twisted devotion to her highschool boyfriend has cost her 25 years in prison. Both she and Smith, who was 16 on the time, have been tried as adults and pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and conspiracy to commit murder in Broward County Superior Court in Fort Lauderdale. Their 25-year prison sentences can be replaced by 10 years of probation.

Clements has been charged with first-degree murder, a felony punishable by life in prison in Florida. He stays in custody without bail as he awaits trial.

Police said Parisienne lured Grant with the promise of sex and arranged to meet him within the stairwell of his apartment constructing on October 17, 2021.

Her boyfriend, Clements, allegedly stood by with a sword, while Smith acted as a lookout as the murder occurred. Grant’s death was captured on surveillance video as it happened, but all three perpetrators were off camera — although police have a photo of the three entering the complex wearing black.

Police said that after the murder, they carried Grant’s body and dumped it over a railing about 30 feet from his apartment constructing.

The girls’ involvement baffled investigators and the general public when the case first got here to light, but their recent statements, as reported by WSVNsheds light on the events leading up to the murder. There are still many unanswered questions.

Smith, now 19, spoke on the sentencing and described the attack to the court, saying: “(Andre) hit him multiple times with his fists and then once with a sword.”

When the prosecutor asked her if Grant was “begging for his life,” she replied, “Yes.”

“Did you at any point try to dissuade Andre from doing that?” the prosecutor asked. Smith responded, “No,” adding that she “didn’t think it was my place.”

When asked if she feared for her safety, she replied “yes,” then burst into tears.

As for Parisienne, she told the court she didn’t think Clements was serious when he first messaged her about his plan, the report said. Miami HeraldShe named Clements as the mastermind behind the operation, despite a text exchange obtained by WSVN through which she and her boyfriend casually planned the murder, trying to time it for once they would get home.

“I would help you, but it is not necessary for you to become a murderer now,” wrote Parisienne.

Clements replied, “It’s happening hoco” (homecoming), to which Parisienne said, “Oh, you see, I can help with that.”

“This Sunday or next? You choose,” Clements wrote.

Parisienne replied, “I have to go to my aunt’s birthday party this Sunday—unless you get impatient and I give Mom an excuse not to go.”

The verdict brought little relief to Grant’s mother, Madge Emile, who raised him as a single parent while paying for his nursing school tuition, according to GoFundMe was created to help cover the prices of his son’s funeral.

Emile shared her grief with the court: “I will never have a grandson. All I could think about was this day, what my son is like. I will never see him grow up, how old he would be,” she told WSVN.

“We always had this tradition where when we went to bed, he would say, ‘Good night, Mom.’ I would say, ‘Good night, see you in the morning, I love you.’ I will never hear my son say he loves me.”