Husband allegedly killed by ex-ballerina had ‘angry side’, say fellow ballerinas

Podcast episode talks about conviction of Ashley Benefield, who says she was defending herself from domestic violence

Two of Ashley Benefield's fellow ballerinas have opened up about seeing her husband Douglas's angry side" in a new podcast that the creators believe could support her claims of later having shot him to death to defend herself from domestic violence at his hands.

Ashley Benefield - who co-founded a ballet company in 2017 alongside her husband, Douglas Benefield - was convicted of manslaughter in July after shooting him to death in 2020 despite claiming that she was defending herself from domestic violence at his hands.