To some, Ashley Benefield is a woman who fought back from alleged abuse. To others, she's a manipulative murderer who shot ...

Ashley Benefield, dubbed the "Black Swan," took the stand in her own defense during her trial for the murder of her estranged ...

Florida ballerina Ashley Benefield, who's accused of murdering her husband, gave shocking testimony when she took the stand ...

Judge refuses leniency plea from former ballerina's lawyers, as he jails her following manslaughter conviction.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Former ballerina Ashley Benefield, standing trial in the shooting death of her husband, took the witness stand Friday morning as her defense team began its case. Tearful most ...

A former Florida ballerina has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following her manslaughter conviction for fatally shooting her estranged husband in 2020. Ashley Benefield contended that she ...

Former ballerina Ashley Benefield earned the "Black Swan" moniker after fatally shooting her estranged husband in 2020.. Ashley admitted to shooting Doug Benefield, then 58, alleging that he abused ...

After almost seven hours of deliberation, a Manatee County jury found Ashley Benefield guilty of manslaughter late Tuesday night. The six-person jury decided at around 10:30 p.m. that the Lakewood ...

Was Benefield shooting in self-defense? On Sept. 27, 2020, a man in the 11300 block of White Rock Terrace in Lakewood Ranch dialed 911 after his neighbor, Ashley Benefield, ran to his house ...

Ashley Benefield is pictured July 29, 2024, the fifth day of her trial at the Manatee County Judicial Center in Bradenton, Fla., for the second-degree murder of her husband, Doug Benefield, in 2020.

Ashley Benefield, 33, was found guilty of manslaughter after fatally shooting her husband, Doug Benefield, 59, in Florida while packing up to move to Maryland in 2020.

Ashley Benefield, 32, is charged with the second-degree murder of her husband, Doug Benefield, in a case set to go to trial on July 22. In the more than three-and-a-half years after she was first ...