Former Donald Trump fundraiser Ashley Benefield has invoked Florida's 'stand your ground' law to justify the fatal shooting of her husband, Doug Benefield, in 2020.
Former ballet dancer Ashley Benefield, 31, left, is accused of fatally shooting her husband, Doug Benefield, in September 2020.
The hearing, which kicked off Thursday in the Manatee County Judicial Center in Bradenton, about 50 miles, will determine whether the second-degree murder charge against her will be dropped. However, prosecutors are not buying her claims. In a criminal complaint, detectives with the Manatee County Sheriff's Office determined that Ashley fired four shots, two of which struck Doug.
"Based on the entry wounds on Doug it does not appear that he was facing Ashley when she began shooting," the complaint says."It also does not appear that Douglas had taken any kind of defensive or combative stance."Ashley Benefield is accused of fatally shooting her husband, Doug Benefield, in the midst of a nasty custody battle. She alleges it was self-defense.
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