When Ashley Benefield fatally shot her husband Doug Benefield in 2020, she claimed that she'd acted in self-defense — but she was convicted of manslaughter after prosecutors argued that she'd lied about Doug's abuse.

Ashley Benefield seemingly had it all. The young Florida woman was a model and ballerina, had a job in politics, and had just gotten married after a whirlwind romance straight out of a fairy tale. But behind the scenes, things weren’t what they appeared.

She claimed that her new husband, Doug Benefield, was abusive. He’d once shot a bullet into their ceiling during an argument, and Ashley believed that he was poisoning her tea. So, she moved in with her mother and refused to let Doug see their daughter. She pursued case after case against him in court, but a judge dismissed

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