A family member of Doug Benefield and a prosecutor in the case dubbed "The Black Swan" murder trial slammed Ashley ...

The former ballerina convicted of killing her well-heeled husband — in a sensational case that came to be known as the “Black ... Swan murder” — has been sentenced to 20 years in prison ...

CBS affiliate WTSP reports that Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 years, with credit for time served, followed by 10 years probation. The case, which became known as the "Black Swan murder ...

"But underneath those white feathers … she's an evil woman. … She's the Black Swan." Ashley Benefield was found guilty of fatally shooting her husband, Doug Benefield, in the middle of a nasty ...

Ashley Benefield, the Lakewood Ranch woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing her husband, has filed an appeal in hopes of reversing the outcome of her high-profile trial. The appeal ...

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 ...

A former ballerina, dubbed the “Black Swan” in the media ... four months after Ashley Benefield was convicted of manslaughter. Ashley’s defense team had argued that she shot and killed ...

The case was dubbed the “Black Swan murder trial” due to Ashley Benefield’s ballet background, with comparisons drawn to the protagonist of the 2010 film “Black Swan.” Before her ...

The stormy relationship between Doug and Ashley Benefield, the star-crossed couple at the heart of the notorious "Black Swan" murder case, began and ended with a .45 caliber gun, according to what was ...

Ashley and Doug Benefield wed after knowing each other for 13 days - despite their 30-year age gap - but their love story ...

The stormy relationship between Doug and Ashley Benefield, the star-crossed couple at the heart of the notorious "Black Swan" murder case, began and ended with a .45 caliber gun, according to what ...