A Verdict in the Black Swan Murder Trial [Current Affairs]

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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On this episode of Current Affairs, Jessie and Andie provide the background of the so-called "Black Swan" Murder Trial, where former ballerina Ashley Benefield was accused of murdering her much older husband Douglas Benefield. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/31/black-swan-verdict-ashley-benefield/ https://people.com/black-swan-murder-trial-former-ballerina-ashley-benefield-verdict-8685478 https://www.newsweek.com/black-swan-murder-trial-ashley-benefield-verdict-watch-1931702 Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Current Affairs, our show about the stories of Love Gone
0:11.2	Fadily Wrong that are in the news right this very minute.
0:14.6	Today we're unraveling the complex and tragic story
0:17.8	that has become known as the Black Swan
0:20.5	murder trial, a tale that intertwtwines Love, Ambition, and Alleged Abuse, which culminates in a shocking death.
0:28.7	Our story begins in 2016 at a Republican Party fundraiser held in the opulent Palm Beach mansion of former presidential
0:36.5	candidate Ben Carson.
0:38.5	It was here that two individuals from vastly different worlds collided. Ashley Chuta, a 24-year-old aspiring ballet dancer with dreams of revolutionizing the dance world,
0:48.6	met 58-year-old Doug Benafield and Navy veteran and successful technology consultant.
0:54.0	Despite their 34-year age gap the attraction was immediate and intense.
0:58.3	In a move that would set the tone for their tumultuous relationship, Ashley and
1:02.4	Doug married a mere 13 days after their first
1:05.9	encounter.
1:06.9	I mean, how do you even have time to get a marriage license that quickly?
1:09.9	Seriously, that's less than two weeks. This whirlwind romance quickly evolved
1:14.6	into a shared dream of changing the ballet world.
1:17.4	Ashley had a vision of creating a ballet company
1:19.9	that would challenge traditional norms,
1:22.2	welcoming dancers of all body types, including those
1:24.8	considered curvyer or shorter than the typical ballerina.
1:28.3	Doug, captivated by both Ashley and her dream, agreed to finance this ambitious venture.
1:33.0	Together they founded the American National Ballet.
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