Defendant in Ashley Benefield's ‘Black Swan’ murder trial speaks 

Did u watch the episode it made me nauseous all the fakery the crocodile tears ugg

or diggin for gold

I have to give Doug grace on that very foolish decision because many older widowers in his shoes do the same thing he did. He was still grieving his wife and should not have made such a rash, foolish choice.

Moral of the story: Give a 30 year age gap a wide berth.

Not to mention they met at a trump rally ...😅nothing good can come from that

@@carriebrooks4174 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

He’s lost his wife not long before this gold digger came into his life. He was struggling mentally. This woman uses her daughter for her own benefit. Also a sign of psychopathy, not to mention she thinks the earth is flat.

Right, anyone who harms an animal is a terrible person, and I believe her. I believe he was abusive

@@GracefulGamakenhe was not struggling mentally ridiculous he was in lust

​@@GracefulGamakenYeah, she's guilty because she believes the earth is flat

AGREED he was obsessed with her

According to Doug’s texts (on this show) he admitted to shooting the ceiling And punching the dog, blaming Ballerina for making him “mad”… that’s the first sign he is abusive.

Her attorney told her not to discuss the case with anyone

Have you ever been so traumatized, that to even think of it, sends you into a panic attack? There are things victims have been though, that they have never told anyone. I personally know.

@@shecat1964 that's why most people think george floyd may have deserved it, he has a very long history of DV against women

Not to mention..she moved in with her therapist

I agree, that voice is insufferable.

Also agree that her voice is the audio equivalent of a cheese rind being grated. Also agree that Doug was a lousy father when he married his young girlfriend behind his daughter’s back- and so soon after that daughter had discovered her mother, deceased. Above all, I agree that Ashley had planned to murder Doug and is lying about self defence.

His issues were her! He was an amazing father,husband, and family member until she came into his life! She made him crazy because he couldn't understand why she was doing so many awful things to him! And her playing victim! Her narcissistic behaviors would seriously drive anyone crazy! He was dead long before she pulled the trigger! He was dead the second she flipped the switch!

Think about what you just wrote. The man was not right in his head. He did not even grieve his first wife. He did horrible things to his first wife, and she died very mysteriously. Then add on what he did to the pets. No one should be scared of someone like that?

@@holliepotter7071 his ex wives would disagree with you

She doesn't listen to anyone that's why she is in this predicament

no this was good for her, he confirmed in text that he punched the dog? say less. id find her not guilty

​@@limehouseblues same. Who punches a dog?? A dog??

@limehouse So because he punched the dog, she is not guilty? She invited him to the house. If she felt threatened she vold have left the house, called 911, go to the neighbour to ask for help, go to the park 5 min away in public. She went to her bedroom where she had 2 guns. Shot at him while he was unarmed and didn't even touch her. And this was self-defence because he punched a dog?

@@JunoBeachGirl_ In my opinion she sounded like a sniveling, entitled, selfish, terrible actress and a very bad liar. I'm not saying she's guilty, I'm just saying this interview did her no favors and in my circle of friends no one believes she's innocent of murder. Especially now.

He fired a gun in the house and insinuated she wasn't sympathetic or something (I shot the gun, how many times did I tell you I was having a nervous breakdown). He punched their dog and blamed her. (I punched the dog because you got me so mad). These messages admit to violence and demonstrate manipulative control.

I think she planned it after the judge ruled against her filings and she didn’t get the outcome she wanted

Abusers often come across better than victims of DV.

@@TalLeGal literally nobody is innocent to people with that outlook.

@@sooz5703 doesn't mean she was under any threat when she fired the gun. She could have left him then and gone to a safe house. She stuck around and shot him multiple times instead.

Looks????

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Dx'd with histrionics, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia

She's phony and fake!

The case is so open and shut it's not funny. The only reason she gets support is people think they are defending a dv victim. They follow the "believe women" philosophy even when they invite their abusers around and take them out.

Amber Heard

I agree 100%

Yep. Planned. Invite him over to help her pack.. Should have been a 1st degree charge too.

She provoked a mentally sick man.

One reason could be that when you are a DV victim, you go along to get along. That day was not premeditated on her part. He wasn't letting her go. He said your effin' done and advanced to disarm her. What if we were watching her murder trial? How different that would look... imo :)

Have you ever been in an abusive relationship? You do everything you can to not poke the bear and since no one was willing to help her, she chose to go along to get along. Its called fawning. They are not always scary, remember they can be charming, that why you fall so hard in the first place, sweet and loving, until a blink and you say the wrong thing. I personally know what its like. You can be joking and laughing and having what you think is a good time, until one wrong word that sets them off. Then within second you go from laugh to screaming, as your arm is being twisted to near breaking until you are cowering on the floor below. What's even worse, is the nasty demeaning things they said that rips your heart out. The confusion you feel, because you believed this person loved you. They will take all those things you have let your guard down to tell them, your deepest regrets and fears and they will twist it all up, till you feel mentally and emotionally broken.

That’s how abuse works… did you really just ask why someone who was being abused didn’t just leave…? Seriously?? It’s not 1967…

That was an incredibly stupid stunt, manipulative even. He was her father, for God's sake.

beyond sick

That's not her daughter from what I was told

@@shaelovesJesus how does that make sense? they showed photos, it's her daughter. that was her mom/grandma

@@theowlgirl-c5n I saw that after I posted the comment.

Well, you got that right. Please join the local police; u got good instincts.

He was stalking her

He has narcissistic behavior but you can’t kill someone for that. Just leave. You don’t have to kill someone.

MeToo! and i agree 100%. He tried to kill me twice during our 3 yr divorce/custody battle and I protested the corruption in fAMily Court$ but I kept our 15 year son out of my activism as he has to make his own choices when he becomes an adult ... moral of story? PETer with the $bag to pay JuDas$ JuDges$ and why only PETer pumpKIN EATer gets to WALK ON just-ice WATER ....

​@@tyreseforren6721no he wasn't he hired a detective to find his daughter fgs

Ageee

Stop being a hater!

@@barbaramorgan5992 Why don't you go to Jail where Ashley is incarserated and YOU do the time instead of her, since you LOVE, LOVE and are LOVING person. The truth hurts?

Yep, she isn’t convincing in this interview nor on her testimony.

She has been found guilty.

Dupers delight???

I noticed that too

​@@laurengoulding5458I came to say the exact same thing.

Textbook borderline personality disorder/bpd. An emotional psychopath that always ruins their family/partner while playing the eternal victim for attention.

She should have been charged with FIRST degree murder because she planned and executed the brutal murder of a man she used and abused. Does everyone know that they proved on her computer that she researched this grieving widower before "happening to meet" him? She had set her sights alright..... She's a manipulative snake through and through.....

​@@Truth17John17no evidence of planning has been admitted in court. no need to make things up.

How bout just the fact she can't seem to look anyone n the eye when speaking🤔 like even when she tries to glance up she immediately turns away or looks down

@@Truth17John17agreed! She planned the murder! She baited Doug to come over so she could “take matters into her own hands “ and murder him!

@@Piat65 she didn’t send them to the park was part of their daily routine

@@diannlimo4502that makes no sense. Wouldn’t it be more important to cancel park plans to stay with your daughter to keep her safe?

Perhaps she sent them off to keep the baby away from Doug? 🤔

Agreed. Testifying was a huge mistake on her part IMO

Lol hardly.

So how do you explain away the corroborating evidence? Doug admitting to you most of the allegation she’s made? In writing and in deposition. I’m honestly curious because I can’t understand how people are getting here.

and if you believe in body language, her inability to make eye contact is telling

Because you're easily manipulated by the media. And you've probably never been in an abusive relationship. Or stalked. Or threatened or gaslit or controlled or poisoned. Wow. You're really lucky.

​@JulStar13 ya.... no tears no matter how much you try to make it happen means she's telling the truth.... Just like amber heard... just because the guy might have been abusive doesn't mean she didn't murder him

​​@@WatchTashialso I didn't watch any media coverage of this so don't try and use that excuse on me. Also it must be nice to never have been manipulated been a sociopathic woman. You're so lucky

@@WatchTashi not lucky, just not dumb enough to put myself in that situation by marrying someone 30 years my senior thinking I am going to have a sugar daddy!

I agree, she's guilty of murder. She fake & phony

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I think he has some issues, but she was out to take advantage of him and it was about the money. The guy gave her everything.

Way to victim blame. Good job.

@JMsweet_ I agree 💯 . She did lure him there to commit the act. She wanted to get rid of him and keep the child. Why call him if he's so ab@ $I've. That's why she got what she got. His other actions played in her favor. So she'll at least get 11.5 at most 25.

Could be, but he has a history of a successful marriage, a happy secure child from that marriage, successful business life. I suppose he fell apart after his first wife passed away. Clearly inadvisable to 1) marry someone 30 years your junior and 2) start up a business with the inexperienced 20-something because you want to impress her (something like that). I feel so sorry for Eva. Tragedy.

Agree with you 😄

Yeah, she's only a legend in her and her mother's minds.

Some of you are. Fukd hope you never be on a real trial.the guy was a sick fit.period.he was a freaking abuser Self defense.she tried to get way from him ...a real sleeping with the enemy Justice was not done .

You are correct

Seeing the baby girl out there made me so mad. Whew you don’t put a child in that situation. I’m sure she has cut off any visitation with the other side of the family which is horrible.

He punched a dog into unconsciousness and fired a gun into a ceiling. He sounds really crazy!

💯 & Why it’s being allowed and not stopped is ridiculous!! exploiting that child after she murdered her father is a crime in itself… that child should be removed from that grandmothers custody immediately.

@@raincheck01 that hasn’t been proven. It’s like Ashley can say whatever she wants witch shouldn’t be allowed. He was upset and pushed the dog away from his lap, but he didn’t punched the dog.

@@crystalluke7510 exactly what I thought. The girl should not be allowed to live with the grandmother.

HE was consistently abused by Ashley her lies, manipulating, deceit & she would relentlessly not leave him alone , & would bring him to his breaking point, I've been there!!!

​@melissabenson6749 that's only speculation and Doug text messages don't look good he came off violent and possessive

@@tyreseforren6721 What text messages are you referring too?? She tried over n over to get Doug arrested on multiple different accusations that were investigated & they found zero evidence to back any of her claims! They were set to have another hearing on custody in 3 days, where most believe the Judge who was disgusted by Ashley's lies & manipulating, was about to award Doug custody {they also both had psychological testing & it wasn't good for Ashley} however she murdered him before that happened!

@@documax123 she is low class. You can tell.

She loved him until she spent all his cash on her dance studio that was a joke. She wanted cash, a kid and some child support.

Watch out for those men that abuse with moving boxes😅

How would ever be able to say that?

@jmgood2870 - he was an extremely muscular man. He also was trained in hand to hand combat and jujitsu. Ashley’s 100 pounds, if that. He had the ability and more importantly, the violent temper, to kill get with his own hands. It’s also important to note - it was testified to by I believe Doug’s cousin and daughter that 98% of the time Doug was carrying a concealed hand gun. It was extremely rare for him to not have one on his person.

@jmgood2870 - he was an extremely muscular man. He also was trained in hand to hand combat and jujitsu. Ashley’s 100 pounds, if that. He had the ability and more importantly, the violent temper, to kill her with his own hands. It’s also important to note - it was testified to by I believe Doug’s cousin and daughter that 98% of the time Doug was carrying a concealed hand gun. It was extremely rare for him to not have one on his person.

She was. The jury chose manslaughter.

@@lindasue263 One or more on thtat jury got it wrong.....

@@lindasue263 No, she was charged with second-degree, not first-degree.

@@loveforeignaccents No difference. Huge departure to manslaughter. It was murder & definitely planned.

@@loveforeignaccents I know, but if you look up the definition of first degree murder, that is what this was -- a planned, deliberate execution. They didn't charge her because they knew it would be hard to get a second degree murder conviction.

The devil comes in many forms

No

Stress will do that.

More like 62

Totally relevant to the case… 🙄

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This! :)

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Lol

Mean girl vibes.

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Couldn’t she have shut herself in the bedroom instead of letting him follow her in the bedroom? And I still don’t understand how the bullets entered his leg from the back and not the front if he was in a crouching combat pose preparing to attack her. 😂

@@edrathephoenix agreed. I’m also wondering if she would have been able to grab a phone rather than the gun to call for help if she felt her life was in danger. It just doesn’t make any sense. When she was describing his arms kind of flailing around while he was crouched like a “ninja” I was like, dang, this woman is one of the worst liars I’ve ever seen. 🤦🏻‍♀️

​@@edrathephoenixreal life isn't a scripted movie.

​@@missmerbellamaybe try watching the trial, not sensationalized entertainment clips disguised as news?

She said he did, so he must have done it?

@@Mr_Zodhe admitted it in a text but justified it because she was nagging him🤪

I agree!!!! That shows what his character was!

THIS IS SO SIMPLE - FOLLOW THE MONEY - HE THOUGHT HE'D GET RICH EXPLOITING HER & IT FAILED LOSING INSTEAD OF WINNING - HIS EGO COULD NOT STAND THE LOSS - EASY CHEESY - SELF-DEFENSE

She was afraid of him so she invites him over to help her move and then has two guns in the bedroom, cocked and loaded ready to go? Sure...ok....lol

Doug came across as the bad person in those text messages 🙄

Thank you! The number of people that think you have the right to murder someone because of what they did in the past is disturbing. She doesn’t even qualify for battered wife syndrome because they weren’t living together and he had never been physically violent with her in the past. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I believe he was emotionally verbal abusive and that day she was afraid for her life bcus he’d already punched the dog snd wouldn’t let her leave. She knew how visitions he could get. Scary.

​@@missmerbelladoor blocking or holding her against her will is considered physical abuse, and poisoning her is physical abuse. If he was preventing her from leaving, she was still in danger.

@@jturtle5318 there was no evidence he was poisoning her. In fact, a judge said Ashley didn’t have “one scintilla” of credibility. It’s only Ashley’s testimony that he was blocking doorways/holding her against her will. She didn’t have any injuries, nor had she told anyone he had been physically abusive in the past so the only thing she has left to further her claims of abuse is he blocked doorways/body checked her.

@@missmerbellait’s getting ridiculous what people are being allowed to get away with without having to provide any proof at all. When someone else’s life and freedom is on the line simply accepting someone’s accusation at face value without vetting it first is a violation of basic human and civil rights IMO. I’m just speaking generally and not about this case in particular because I’m not fully informed of all the details of the case yet

Yes. She stated while she was on the stand that she feared for her life, because he told her that she was dumb.Arguing and having a disagreement is not an excuse to kill your partner or a threat for your life.

Seriously?!? That’s what you’ve gotten after listening to her testimony?? You need to research domestic abuse.

Nope.. I don't think that AT ALL!!

@@CupcakeLady15 We both know what domestic abuse is uhhh...miss cupcake lady. I am a victim of it myself. All I can say is that there is no excuse to kill your partner, because you are having a disagreement. That is not domestic abuse. There are so many fake people out there who are after money and fame. If she was smart she wouldn't have rushed into marriage too soon.

@@allygirls1. She is cunning.

Prison, not Jail

I completely agree! I don't see why all the people in the comments think she is guilty.

But he was cute and said bruh alot. Perfect guy 👍

​@@MsSista77she literally murdered him and previous judge found she manipulated and lied to try to get child custody.

What he did to the dog especially. Anyone should be terrified of him.

I think they need to exhume his first wife's body and find out if she really did have a heart attack. Someone with a chronic or fragile heart condition? They're seen by a cardiologist on a VERY regular basis. They're TESTED on a very regular basis. They're given CTA's and/or angiograms on a VERY regular basis. It would be a huge shock for that to happen to someone if she did, in fact, have such a serious heart condition because her cardiologist and other specialists would move heaven and earth to prevent that from happening. Folks are so snowed by the media and the daughter's TikToks. She is a grown woman acting like a teenager. Abusers always keep one person on their side but I'd bet Doug also abused her, too.

He admitted to punching a defenseless dog, shooting a gun & having a nervous breakdown.

He welcomed it into his life forsaking his daughter because she was young and hot.

ok and you are saying that ashley isnt an abuser, when right now she is abusing her child as a pawn, pushing the child in the street to protest to set her free . Most non abusive mothers would think of the childs mental health and well being, but as always it is always about ashley and what she wants. The same way she got pissed of at Eva for putting a rose from her mothers grave into the box and ashley raging at doug for hours on end how Eva didnt respect her even though Eva just lost her mother a year earlier. The same way that ashley put her child through the system with false child abuse claims and false sexual abuse claims. Ashley manipulated doug keeping him on a leash while living at her mothers house and stringing him along while dating another man behind his back. The same way ashley got upset in the court when the prosecutor caught her in her lies, immediatly ashley starts fake crying , which is i am sure is how ashley behaved 24/7 around doug when ashley never got her way, like a toddler. To me it seems like ashley had the anger issues because when she dosent get her way she is able to yell at doug in the car for hours while there is a gun in the car. It shows that she is the one who has full control of the relationship especially when she used doug to have a child, so she could use her child as a punishment tool when she didnt get what she wants and what ashley wanted is dougs money.

He left her alone for three years after she said she wanted to go home to mommy! After she got pregnant after she left him after she left him with $100,000 debt and investors, wanting their money back and dancers who flew over to work at the ballet studio that she never followed through one after she didn’t let him see his daughter after she didn’t let him see his daughter be born or tell himshe was born! After all that he left her alone for three whole years didn’t bother her didn’t call her didn’t come over didn’t do anything to bother her didn’t threaten her wasn’t violent just that night just that particular day I don’t think so

Because she’s lying and she planned to kill him. All of her things were packed except three loaded guns? Give me a break.

I was in an abusive relationship eons ago. At the time it felt safer to know where he was. I have heard psychologists say most women feel the same. It was scarier not knowing what he was doing.

@@triggabun yeah but she didn’t even live with the guy in this case. She was living with her mother. Why would she invite him over and then send her mother away if she was afraid of him?

@@missmerbella You worry that the will hurt them. They often make those threats as well. You will never understand until you experience it. I know some women indeed do murder but even I never encountered someone who punched a dog unconscious. I will just say to you thank your lucky stars that you can ask all these questions. The fact that he admitted to hurting the dog says all I need to know about him. I was never in such an extreme situation and I had to flee the country to get away. There was no other way. It was him or her but I can't convince you. I just hope she will be able to pick up the pieces as best as she can no matter the outcome. She is already scarred and has a long way to go

@@triggabun it’s wrong to assume I have no experience with DV. I do. Her behavior still does not make sense to me. Even if she was a victim of DV that doesn’t give her the right to murder Doug. She didn’t qualify for stand your ground and she doesn’t qualify for BWS because she wasn’t living with him and he had zero history of hitting her. You can’t murder someone for hitting a dog. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Money

Particle: SO WHAT

A young healthy woman marrying a man 30 years her senior obviously has no plans to spend the rest of her life with him.

She said she did it lol.

It's not about who did it lol it's whether or not she did it in self defense. Did you even watch? Lol

THIS IS SO SIMPLE - FOLLOW THE MONEY - HE THOUGHT HE'D GET RICH EXPLOITING HER & IT FAILED LOSING INSTEAD OF WINNING - HIS EGO COULD NOT STAND THE LOSS - EASY CHEESY - SELF-DEFENSE

Yes. That’s not what the trial is about.

He hit the dog. She tried to escape but he wouldn’t let her.

@@oneeyeopen5044 exactly! She's manipulative

She is so shallow and insincere.

And also Doug had filed for divorce and she was seeing someone new. She wasn’t “trapped” and doesn’t qualify for battered wife syndrome. She’s a liar and a murderer.

@@missmerbella exactly! She's lying and knows exactly what she's doing.

True but to be fair the physical dynamic between an average man and an average woman is skewed in the man’s direction with regards to physical strength. It would be a lot harder for a man to convince a jury that his wife wouldn’t let him leave the bedroom and that he was forced to shoot her multiple times until she was dead than it would be for a woman to convince a jury of the same regarding her husband. She is getting the benefit of the doubt but there is too much pointing to there being something nefarious about her motives and I think the jury is going to see through her attempt to deceive them IMO

I am extremely concerned about this. Where was the due diligence? So help me, if this evil monster gets off, it is the fault of the prosecution! I was in shock when the said no further witnesses. Where were any character references for Doug?

I wouldnt doubt it. This lady is straight up psycho

We don't know that theirs evidence that their possibly was

THIS IS SO SIMPLE - FOLLOW THE MONEY - HE THOUGHT HE'D GET RICH EXPLOITING HER & IT FAILED LOSING INSTEAD OF WINNING - HIS EGO COULD NOT STAND THE LOSS - EASY CHEESY - SELF-DEFENSE

She didn’t shed a tear the last three days

She was sobbing and shaking. Court watchers confirmed.

She was making herself shake and hyperventilate but she was just acting. There were no tears

@@LAFITZ10calm down. eat a cookie.

right!? I heard that too and was like wtf kinda spin is that?

He wore eyeliner! At his age!!!! His first wife addressed the issue. Might be acceptable for a drag queen or a rock star, but come on!!! He also obviously had work done.

Is she attempting to have a MISTRIAL??? 🤔

Listen to the interview.. that was before the trial start 🤦

@@snobbybeauty2210 that's not much better

which Dr ? The one with the glassess and grey curley hair quintel ?

@@JK-jj9kono, a woman psych who I believe testified the 1st day, maybe 2nd. I thought it was unprofessional as well. Strange behavior.

I saw this too in a court appearance the therapist, Dr. Russell, appeared in having to do with whether or not they still had a therapeutic relationship. She stated that AB lived with her for 9 mos. starting in the middle of Oct. 2020. She said something about AB not having a place to live. What???? Where was the mother and the daughter??? That wasn't even mentioned.

thats what i noticed most --- imo that is seriously whack/ shouldnt drag a child into this omG

Bob is now Barbara the therapist and Ashley's daughter is his/hers. Ashley had a s*xual relationship with Bob now Barbara.

Well raised until step mummy took control.

THIS IS SO SIMPLE - FOLLOW THE MONEY - HE THOUGHT HE'D GET RICH EXPLOITING HER & IT FAILED LOSING INSTEAD OF WINNING - HIS EGO COULD NOT STAND THE LOSS - EASY CHEESY - SELF-DEFENSE

He beat the dog... he had patterns of an abuser for sure.

This story is on 48 hours. It's very interesting. The way he died was terrible.

Are you the gifted, all-knowing judge who was there and witnessed everything?

You think him beating a dog unconscious and shooting guns inside the home isn’t abusive?

Wtf does your btch fest have to do with the video? 😂

parental alienation

And evidence of stalking as well

Making him sound like “just” an animal abuser is wild. Clearly more than that, he’s a psychopath

@@breeny09 And clearly he’s dead because she killed him.