Ballerina Ashley Benefield claimed she fatally shot her husband, 58-year-old Doug Benefield, in self-defense in 2020
Former ballerina Ashley Benefield cried on the stand while she was on trial for killing her husband, tearfully telling jurors about the abuse she suffered during their marriage.
During the sensational “Black Swan Murder Trial” held earlier in 2024, Ashley, 32, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2020 shooting death of her husband, Douglas Benefield, 58, but acquitted on the more serious charge of second-degree murder.
She faces up to 30 years in prison when she is sentenced on Dec. 3…