Ashley Benefield, who claimed self-defense in estranged husband’s killing, found guilty of manslaughter

Ashley Benefield, the lady at the focal point of the Trump mocked Arizona disciple Kari Lake for election fraud fervor, book says  “Dark Swan” murder preliminary was indicted for homicide on Tuesday night.

The jury in the preliminary of the ballet performer who had been blamed for killing her better half, Doug Benefield, returned its decision late Tuesday night in a Florida court.

She has to deal with upwards of 30 years in jail. The date of her sentence has not yet been set.

According to Ashley Benefield’s attorney, Doug Benefield was a controlling, manipulative, and abusive man who trapped her in an abusive relationship. Kari Lake She had argued that she killed her husband because she felt threatened. Examiners had blamed Ashley for needing sole care of the couple’s little girl Emerson.

“This case is a from the get-go in her about a lady, right off the bat in her pregnancy, concluded she needed to be a single parent,” examiner Suzanne O’Donnell said. “PARIS Gymnastics Olympics 2024: DAY SIX LIVE – FULL SCHEDULE AND MEDAL EVENTS ON AUGUST 1  Her significant other and all that she did starting there on was to accomplish that objective and she would persevere relentlessly to achieve that objective. At the point when there could have been no other choice, she shoots him and kills him and cases self-protection.”

As per court archives recorded by the guard, Ashley claims Doug struck her in an episode on Sept. Coco Gauff left in tears after losing argument with chair umpire, then match 27, 2020, hitting her in favor of her head, and afterward attempted to hold her back from leaving the room.

After shooting Doug multiple times in self-defense, Ashley claims she fled to her neighbor’s house.