A former ballerina and model stands accused of murdering her husband in her Florida home in September 2020. Ashley Benefield claims she shot her husband, Doug Benefield, in self-defense after he attacked her. Leading up to Doug’s death, the marriage was filled with disorder as Ashley claimed her husband was abusive and tried to poison her. The former dancer faces a second-degree murder chase in Doug’s death as she pushes the stand-your-ground narrative. The Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber breaks down the story so far with Jules Epstein, a criminal law and evidence professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law.
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❤ Jesse and his guest Professor Epstein was amazing. What an educated man.
In my opinion this is like the amber vs Johnny Depp where she claimed to be a victim of domestic violence where in fact it was the opposite ..if he shot the gun or punched the dog or the wall its because whe might have provoked him completely leaving him with no option but he could have killed her right there n then but he didn't do it showing that he was keeping his sanity ….this is totally my understanding of wht I have seen or learnt of this case on YouTube….. also it claims that she was engaged to another man after she started living with her mom ….
Question what happened to the ballad company and the money 💰? And why was Mr Douglas pay the students their stipend from his pocket ?
Please Jesse i need to listen to you on jodi arias pls.
I do not think the Prosecution prove their case. Those proscecution ladys told so many statements that were lies.
Well. She has now been found guilty!!
Big love for the Prof!
She needed to wait for him to hit her to be believable. NOT should, but your life has to be proven to be under threat, not just by saying that.
Stop hammering the age gap.
LET HER GO!!!! SHE IS CRYING SO HARD
This professor is awesome
She think ,her looks gone save her ….😂😂
9 mths…
This is why im single😮
GREAT GUEST !! Love that professor !!! ❤
She’s a gold digger and karma will come for her for doing what she did to that man!
Hot Ballerina. ❤
Oh it’s always the beta male explanation of “she was defending herself, he was abusive” because yeah, instead of doing what a NORMAL person would and leave the relationship or call police, instead she just kills him. Yeah, I’m so sure he was the problem..
The day when America stops allowing its citizens to buy guns the same way as if someone bought a cheesegrater, that day YouTube will have a tenth of murders to talk about.
A Republican using a gun to fix their problems, nothing new here.
the host sort of looks like her. Are they somewhat sibilings?
in an absuive relationship there are often police records and family would often know about the relationship too
The shooter kill her husband calculating, premeditated and full Of conscious to pull the trigger.
You can’t listen to what these women say they lie about thousand percent more then men beside there’s been just way too many women have been getting away with murder
A ballerina,among the most magical job…Murder is the opposite of the magical ballet…
My heart goes out to his daughter… Already lost her mom then this woman takes not only her dad but then both parents from their own child. Selfish and I hope she gets everything coming to her. That family did not deserve this. What a evil and selfish woman.
Waste of a hot chick
He is 30 YEARS older. C'mon… They meet the very first time and 14 days later they marry? C'mon…
Does anyone get Amber Heard and Johnny Depp vibes? 😒 I feel bad for the daughters.
I sense a bit of a gold digger here. Marry, avoid, kill. Hmmm She might be the sick one. His other wife didn't kill him. !!!