After meeting at a political dinner in Florida in August 2016, Ashley Byers and Douglas Benefield married just 13 days later, with Ashley taking her husband’s surname. Family and friends worried ...

The sentence, which also included 10 years of probation, was handed down in a Florida courtroom Tuesday, Dec. 4, four months after Ashley Benefield was convicted of manslaughter. Ashley’s defense team ...

Ashley Benefield showed no apparent emotion as a Manatee County Circuit Court judge sentenced her to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of her estranged husband Doug Benefield in her Lakewood ...

SARASOTA, Fla. – A former ballerina was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of her estranged husband at her Florida home in 2020. The sentencing came about four ...

“I’ve waited so long to speak to her, face to face,” Doug’s daughter Eva said during her victim impact statement. “I hope prison serves her well.” Benefield faced up to 30 years behind ...

Mike Lang/USATNSYNDICATION Former ballerina Ashley Benefield earned the "Black Swan" moniker after fatally shooting her estranged husband in 2020. Ashley admitted to shooting Doug Benefield ...

Ashley Benefield, 32, was not actually convicted of murder but of first-degree manslaughter in the 2020 killing of her husband, Doug, in Bradenton, Fla. Benefield argued that she acted in self ...

Vincent Vizzacaro said Doug Benefield tried to buy a home in Lakewood ... happened on that day based on interviews, crime scene photos, and case documents he reviewed. His presentation included ...

Ashley Benefield was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of her estranged husband, Doug Benefield, in September 2020. On Tuesday, Doug’s family, including his adult daughter ...

Ashley Benefield has 30 days to appeal the sentence. Before her conviction, the defendant claimed that her husband, Doug Benefield struck her face while blocking the doorway of her home as she was ...

Ashley, the beautiful ballerina and model, had it all. And then she met the perfect partner in Doug Benefield. Just 13 days later, they got married. But their whirlwind romance ended almost as ...