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 …

5 days ago · 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 …

Dec 4, 2024 · Ashley Benefield, 33, remained stony-faced as her fate was read aloud in a Florida court Monday, five months after she was convicted of manslaughter in the 2020 fatal shooting …

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 · 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 …

Jul 31, 2024 · Former ballerina Ashley Benefield has been found guilty of manslaughter with a firearm in the shooting death of her husband Doug Benefield. Benefield had been charged …

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.

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.

Dec 3, 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...

5 days ago · Ashley Benefield's defense requested she be released on bond pending her appeal. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter with a firearm.