A Manatee County judge could decide Thursday whether to grant bond for Ashley Benefield while she appeals her manslaughter ...

Ashley Benefield will appear in court today for a bond hearing regarding her release pending appeal. According to the defense team for Ashley Benefield, the hearing is to ...

Several individuals, including Ashley’s supervised release officer and her psychologist testified on her behalf to attest that Benefield was not a f ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Ashley Benefield, the center of the “Black Swan” trial, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation after she was found guilty of ...

A former ballerina who was convicted of manslaughter in what she claimed was the self-defense killing of her estranged husband was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison. Ashley Benefield ...

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 ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — A Manatee County judge sentenced a woman to 20 years in prison after she was found guilty of killing her husband. Ashley Benefield was sentenced to two decades, with credit for ...

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