10 Shocking Moments of Ashley Benfield’s Testimony in Ballerina Murder Trial

Published 2024-07-26
Ashley Benefield took the stand in her murder trial and testified in her own defense for shooting her estranged husband Doug Benefield. Ashley detailed how she attempted to end her relationship with Doug before a fight erupted between them and she shot him, which she claims was in self-defense. Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner breaks down 10 shocking moments from Benefield’s testimony.

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All Comments (21)
  • @fearless7989
    Jodi Arias: "He came at me like a linebacker, but my part in the shooting is a blur". Ballerina: "He came at me like a ninja, but my part in the shooting is a blur".
  • @ktrayan1
    “He wasn’t anything like I thought he was”. After knowing him 13 days he turned out to be different than she thought!? Shocking.
  • @scninja07
    She recently got her acting degree from the Murdaugh School of Acting in South Carolina.
  • @drooliab
    Her defense attorney is one of the worst I've ever seen.
  • @A-ue6qw67
    I hope that jury sees through her bad acting
  • Once I heard she’d accused him of SA re the daughter, then happily spent time together at the movies, it was clear what kind of woman she is. 🙄
  • @kweenz109
    She's nuts. It's clear as day. And boy she looks terrible now. This woman makes me so angry the way she has her poor child right in there with signs to free her make me sick. I hope she's found guilty.
  • @MahoganyBorn
    If you can't push tears out, don't bother trying to fake cry. It's just embarrassing.
  • @jetta0709
    The fact that she cannot accurately portray how he attacked her, his “fighting stance,” etc tells me it didn’t happen the way she is telling it. She probably ambushed him with the gun and came up with bad story. She can’t even cry. I’m sick of looking at her fake cry face.
  • @AdvocacyZone
    If he really abused the dog, she waited too long to leave him. That's grounds for an automatic divorce.
  • @sunnycali4984
    The fact she went psycho because SHE felt disrespected about the damn box. This instant evil stepmother, was expecting a grieving teen to process this marriage immediately and just suck it up? My heart goes to Doug’s daughter.
  • @shaun5047
    The moment she said “Like a Ninja or something” the judge should have found her guilty. 😂 It’s about as crazy as her claim that he knocked out the dog with a punch. Lady this ain’t a damn movie.
  • She is something else! I’m sure she pushes all his buttons ! She’s not as sweet as she appears lol
  • “Based on the entry wounds on Douglas, it does not appear that he was facing Ashley when she began shooting,” court documents state. “It also does not appear that Douglas had taken any kind of defensive or combative stance.”
  • It's all an act. She played him from the first moment. Ashley wants what Ashley wants. She is not a victim. She is a killer. She planned this. She knew people will fall for the " I was abused" act. She plays the weak little mouse for the court . There are men and women that really go through abuse. But she is not one of them.
  • Difficult to believe her. He never hit her once, but he was yeling and waving his arms around so she shot him. Her example of describing him sounds like he was talking ecpressively like Italians talk with their hands. Abusers hit and choke and repeat again and again.
  • @OoMASEoO
    She shot him in the leg first, bringing him to the ground and as he was trying to crawl away she shot downwards at him as she is showing. She did NOT need the kill shot if anything she could've incapacitated him. Premeditated. GUILTY!