Former ballerina Ashley Benefield will not be released on bond pending the appeal of her manslaughter with a firearm conviction after a Manatee County Circuit Court judge denied her motion on ...

Ashley Benefield, 33, remained stony-faced as her ... and Benefield was a trained ballerina. Together, they went on to start a ballet company to fulfill Benefield’s lifelong dream.

The former ballerina accused of fatally shooting her wealthy GOP donor husband appeared stone-faced when she was found guilty ...

A judge denied bond for Ashley Benefield weeks after she appeared in court for a bond hearing. The former ballerina is serving a 20-year prison sentence for manslaughter in the shooting death of ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA)— Former Ballerina Ashley Benefield was denied release on bond pending her appeal. On Jan. 23, Benefield was in court after being sentenced to 20 years in prison in ...

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Ashley Benefield, the Lakewood Ranch woman convicted of manslaughter for killing her husband, will remain in prison while she awaits the outcome of her appeal. A Manatee County judge denied ...