"I hope prison serves her well," said the daughter of Ashley's deceased husband, Doug Benefield, after her sentencing for the 2020 murder prosecutors said was a plot to gain sole custody of their ...

Ashley’s defense team had argued that she shot and killed husband Doug Benefield, 58, in self-defense at her Florida home on Sept. 27, 2020 after fearing for her life during a heated argument. While ...

Ashley Benefield showed no apparent emotion as a Manatee County Circuit Court judge sentenced her to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of her estranged husband Doug Benefield in her Lakewood ...

Ashley Benefield had argued that the case should be thrown out based on Florida's "Stand your ground" law. In her motion to dismiss the case, she claimed her husband was abusive and volatile ...

whom Benefield had allegedly kept away from her husband for six months after giving birth — with Doug only being given visitation by a court order. Doug and Ashley Benefield were married after ...

Former ballet dancer Ashley Benefield killed her husband in 2020 and maintains she acted in self defense Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

Ashley Benefield at a hearing after being accused of killing her estranged husband, Doug Benefield, and is attempting to have the case dismissed under Florida's Stand Your Ground law.

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 ...

Languages: English. Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday, following the "Black Swan murder trial" over the fatal shooting of her husband. Benefield, a 33-year-old former ...

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 ...

Ashley Benefield showed no apparent emotion as a Manatee County Circuit Court judge sentenced her to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of her estranged husband Doug Benefield in her ...