Ashley Benefield (née Byers), [4] a former ballerina was accused of the shooting mariticide [5] of her estranged husband 58-year-old Douglas "Doug" Benefield. [6] The murder trial is known by this name due to the defendant's former profession and in reference of 2010 film Black Swan. [1] The murder and subsequent trial received national media ...

Dec 3, 2024 · Ashley Benefield, 32, claimed that she killed her then-58-year-old estranged husband in self defense during an argument at her mother's home, where she had moved from...

Jul 31, 2024 · Ashley Benefield, 33, had been charged with second-degree murder, but the panel convicted her of the lesser crime in the killing of Doug Benefield on Sept. 27, 2020.

Ashley Benefield, the Lakewood Ranch woman convicted of manslaughter for killing her husband, will remain in prison while she awaits the outcome of her appeal. A Manatee County judge denied ...

Dec 3, 2024 · Benefield, 33, was convicted of manslaughter in July for a killing that she said was self-defense. Florida prosecutors had charged her with murder. Ashley Benefield at the Manatee County...

Dec 4, 2024 · The sentencing came about four months after a six-person jury found Ashley Benefield, 32, guilty of manslaughter. Benefield was initially charged with second-degree murder but jurors...

Jul 31, 2024 · Ex-ballerina Ashley Benefield was found guilty of manslaughter Tuesday in a Florida county court, ending the "Black Swan murder trial." The six-person jury, made up of five women and...

Jul 30, 2024 · The jury in the trial of the ballerina who had been accused of killing her husband, Doug Benefield, returned its verdict late Tuesday night in a Florida courtroom. She faces up to 30 years in prison.

Jul 31, 2024 · Ashley Benefield, the 32-year-old former ballerina accused of murdering her husband, was found guilty of manslaughter. The verdict was announced in a Manatee County,...

Jul 31, 2024 · After almost seven hours of deliberations, a six-person jury returned with a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, a lesser offense than the second-degree murder charge for Ashley Benefield, 32....