Ashley Benefield was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing her husband Doug during a 2020 argument.
Jury deliberations have begun in the case of former ballerina Ashley Benefield, who is charged with murder in the death of her husband Doug Benefield. Ashley Benefield was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing her husband during an argument in 2020. The court case, known as the 'Black Swan murder' trial, garnered national attention, with some comparing Benefield to the protagonist of the 2010 film 'Black Swan.
Ashley Benefield's lawyer, Faith Brown, told police at the time that her client had been planning to leave her husband and had an escape plan, including a safe place to stay, a burner phone and a rental car rented under a different name. Brown told police that Ashley Benefield feared her husband 'had gotten wind of' the plan. Ashley Benefield was arrested five weeks after the shooting. She pleaded not guilty and spent about two weeks in jail before being released on bond.
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