Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

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, filed ...

A former ballerina charged in the fatal shooting of her husband was convicted of manslaughter late Tuesday in Florida, hours after a jury began considering her claim that the shooting four years ago ...

Benefield fatally shot her husband, 58-year-old Doug Benefield, in September 2020, but she claimed it was self-defense Ashley Benefield, the 32-year-old former ballerina accused of murdering 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 ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA)— Ashley Benefield appeared in court Thursday for a bond hearing. According to the defense team for Ashley Benefield, the hearing was to see whether she should be granted bond ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — After seating a jury late Monday evening, opening statements began first thing Tuesday in the murder trial of Ashley Benefield. The 32-year-old mother and former ...

Explosive opening statements in the murder trial of a Florida ballerina kicked off on Tuesday, giving a preview of how attorneys will present their sides in the case being dubbed the "Black Swan ...

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. Ashley Benefield, ...