A judge has sentenced a former professional ballerina to 20 years in prison in the so-called ‘Black Swan’ murder trial in Manatee County. Ashley Benefield was convicted of manslaughter in the ...

Lawyers for Ashley Benefield, who faced a maximum sentence of 30 years, had sought a lesser punishment. Whyte also sentenced her to 10 years of probation. Ashley Benefield remained expressionless ...

A former ballerina was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband in Florida. CBS affiliate WTSP reports that Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 ...

Benefield was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the ... will opine that such a history impairs judgment. Women like Ashley are regularly sent to prison by old-school, male jurists who are ...

Ashley and Doug Benefield wed after knowing each other for 13 days - despite their 30-year age gap - but their love story ...

Ashley Benefield, the Lakewood Ranch woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing her husband, has filed an appeal in hopes of reversing the outcome of her high-profile trial. The appeal ...

A former ballerina, Ashley Benefield, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for the shooting death of her estranged husband, Doug Benefield, in 2020. The sentencing followed a jury’s ...

(AP) — A former Florida ballerina has been sentenced to 20 years in prison ... Judge Matt Whyte imposed the sentence Tuesday on Ashley Benefield, 32, after rejecting her request for a new ...