Ashley Benefield faces decades behind bars after being convicted of manslaughter in her husband's 2020 shooting death, which she claimed was self-defense Ashley Benefield’s “Black Swan Murder Trial” ...

The sound of handcuffs clicking shut reverberated through a Manatee County courtroom late Tuesday night at the conclusion of the Ashley Benefield trial. For the family of Doug Benefield, a naval pilot ...

After being accused of murdering her estranged husband, former ballerina Ashley Benefield gained the nickname "Black Swan" after the Oscar-winning psychological horror film starring Natalie Portman.

A former ballerina accused of fatally shooting her estranged husband four years ago has been convicted. Late on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, Florida woman Ashley Benefield, 33, was found guilty of the 2020 ...

"I hope prison serves her well," said the daughter of Ashley's deceased husband, Doug Benefield, after her sentencing for the 2020 murder prosecutors said was a plot to gain sole custody of their ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Ashley Benefield is awaiting her punishment for a manslaughter conviction. The jury decided late last night the Lakewood Ranch mother did not act in self-defense when she ...

Ashley Benefield was a former ballet dancer who was convicted of killing her husband in September 2020 Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

Ashley Benefield, the woman at the center of the "Black Swan" murder trial was convicted of manslaughter on Tuesday night. The jury in the trial of the ballerina who had been accused of killing her ...

Ashley Benefield was a former ballet dancer who was convicted of killing her husband, Doug Benefield Ashley, who was given the nickname of the "Black Swan," fatally shot her husband five years ago on ...