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 ...

2024年7月31日 · 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 one...

2025年1月23日 · A Manatee County judge will soon decide whether to grant bond for Ashley Benefield while she appeals her manslaughter conviction in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband. ... Prosecutors charged Ashley Benefield with second-degree murder after her arrest in late 2020. Benefield stood trial in July 2024, with supporters, friends and ...

Ashley Benefield appears in court during a bond hearing on Jan. 23, 2025. (Court TV) ... MORE | Black Swan Murder Trial – Daily Trial Highlights. Janelle Kusmierz, a Senior Probation Officer ...

2024年12月3日 · Ashley Benefield killed her husband, Doug Benefield, in 2020. Here is everything to know about the Black Swan murder trial verdict and case details.

2024年12月3日 · 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 South Carolina after...

2024年7月31日 · 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, Fla. courtroom on Tuesday...

2024年9月11日 · A Florida jury will decide the fate of Ashley Benefield, charged with second-degree murder in the death of her husband Doug Benefield.

2024年7月30日 · 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.

2024年12月3日 · Ashley Benefield was sentenced to two decades, with credit for time served, followed by 10 years probation in a case that's gained national attention as the "Black Swan murder" trial. The...