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 husband’s death.
Ashley Benefield faces decades behind bars after being convicted of manslaughter in her husband's 2020 shooting death, which she claimed was self-defenseNicole Acosta is a staff writer on the crime team at PEOPLE. She previously worked at Daily Voice and doNYC and is a Mercy College graduate.’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 husband’s death.
'Black Swan' Trial Verdict: Former Ballerina Ashley Benefield Guilty of Manslaughter in Death of Husband, Benefield will be the subject of investigations into her past and the conditions of the crime, before a judge overseeing the case will decide her sentence., Ashley is the founder of the now-defunct American National Ballet in Charleston, South Carolina.
Her defense attorney argued that Ashley killed the former Navy veteran in self-defense. According to prosecutors, Ashley wanted to rid herself of Doug, and to that end, she accused him of emotional abuse and claimed he'd tried to poison her with heavy metals,Doug’s cousin, Tommie Benefield, told WFLA that while the family hoped for a murder conviction, they are satisfied with the verdict.
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