‘The Black Swan Murder Trial’ Verdict Watch: Jury Starts Deliberations [Video]

A Florida jury started deliberations on Tuesday afternoon in “The Black Swan Murder Trial” which features ballerina Ashley Benefield, who is accused of murdering her husband.

Benefield is facing a second-degree murder charge. She admitted to fatally shooting her husband, 58-year-old Navy veteran Douglas “Doug” Benefield, inside a Lakewood Ranch, Florida home in September of 2020. The trial started on July 24.

The trial’s nickname references the 2010 psychological thriller film Black Swan.

During opening statements, prosecutors alleged that Ashley Benefield wanted to keep her husband away from herself and their child.

“This is a case about a woman who, early on in her pregnancy, decided she wanted to be a single mother,” prosecutor Suzanne O’Donnell said. “She did not want the father of this child to have any visitation.”

O’Donnell claimed that Ashley Benefield …