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The Black Swan manslaughter case [a] occurred in Lakewood Ranch, Manatee County, Florida, on September 27, 2020.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]
5 dni temu · Ashley Benefield was charged with murder, but a jury found her not guilty, instead convicting her on the lesser charge of manslaughter. She faces up to 30 years in prison.
28 lip 2024 · Prosecutors claim that Ashley, who has been charged with second-degree murder, killed the Navy veteran because she didn’t want him to be in her or their daughter’s life anymore.
10 wrz 2024 · After nearly four years, the trial of Ashley Benefield, the former ballerina charged with second-degree murder for shooting her estranged husband Doug, began in the summer of 2024. In the lead-up...
31 lip 2024 · Ashley Benefield ’s “Black Swan Murder Trial” has left the 32-year-old former ballerina facing a sentence of up to 30 years in state prison after being convicted of manslaughter in her...
31 lip 2024 · Manslaughter was a lesser offense than the second-degree murder Ashley Benefield, 32, was charged with after she shot her husband, Doug Benefield, on Sept. 27, 2020. She faces up to 30 years in...
30 lip 2024 · A Florida jury deliberated for more than six hours on Tuesday in "The Black Swan Murder Trial" before finding ballerina Ashley Benefield guilty of manslaughter in the death of her husband....
