Ashley Benefield Tells Her Story: Black Swan Murder Trial, Day 4 Recap

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00:00 Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan 03:29 Ashley Benefield Testimony Highlights 07:38 CourtTV's Kelly Krapf Recaps Day 4 18:16 Doug Benefield's Family Reacts 23:55 Ashley Benefield Body Language #CourtTV What do YOU think? Catch up on FL v. #Ashley Benefield here: www.courttv.com/tag/ashley-benefield/?

[@gloriaramirez3721]

Crying with no tears usually means you're lying.

[@ecalose6785]

Yep and her grimaced face just looks fake. I dont know the case. Just my first impression.

[@bexyrexy]

Vasodilation of her cheeks and tip of her nose are consistent to crying. She could be dehydrated, but I see some tears, although not a high volume

[@lolalopez7657]

​@@bexyrexy, does not match the level of emotion she is displaying.... seems fake and she doesn't seem credible

[@libertypastor1307]

Not necessarily. Sometimes after a traumatic, emotional event one can get to where their tear ducts just dry up, and all you have left is facial contortions that are actually painful. Having said that, I looked closely and saw tears pooling up in the crease under her eye bags.

[@EmilyFShockley]

She's a worse actor than Amber Heard on the stand.

[@POW_RYDER]

Yes. Thank you. Yo said it. NO WET TEARS, NO WIPING HER NOSE, NO WIPING HER EYES.....YET SHE WAS SOBBING AND SHAKING ON THE STAND. IF ITS REAL AND SOMEONE IS TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND IT TRUEOY UPSETS THEM TO THE DEGREE THEY CRY AND SOB......THE NOSE WOULD BE RUNNING LIKE HELL AND DRIPPING WITH TEARS. NEVER HAPPENED.

[@MyWadester]

@@EmilyFShockley i think its a tie!! 🤣🤣

[@godzillamanstreb524]

@@EmilyFShockley AH displayed very strong contempt

[@Lorimars319]

I just said that! Loll

[@NotIfWhen]

Amber was a pro too lmao

[@LynetteSalih]

Her dramatic testimony is because she is guilty and fighting for her life to stay out of jail. She has had four years to practice how she would act out her trauma in court. The lawyer is coaching her all the way. What a fake

[@antonellafabiani2203]

I wish none has to go through this, but the Internet comments against her are so evil - easy to take side ps when you are not in the situation

[@jacksgl777]

@@antonellafabiani2203 What about Doug? What about Eva?

[@shaleniramsahai5782]

I am curious why she ask him to go over to her place If she was scared of him. Also if all her belongings were packed and ready to go in the Uhaul how is it that all her guns were still out

[@ellalebam2625]

😂

[@gildadeguzman3215]

Good point

[@gojo2194]

Excellent point

[@tamiko_8369]

Yes!!!

[@shannaherndon8755]

@@shaleniramsahai5782 excellent point!

[@kezzykez2471]

How the hell do you cry without shedding a tear. She set him up and murdered him

[@deniseploumis4866]

I do not believe a word of her testimony

[@MEMELIFEBABY]

It’s so hard to fake these emotions to make it look 100% genuine, she was close but no cigar.

[@ecalose6785]

She s coming ff as fake, imo.

[@TinyTC]

I mean no one who "cries" for all this time but sheds zero tears is getting "close". She did a lot of scowling and shrieking though.

[@MEMELIFEBABY]

It’s so weird, “I heard the door hit the door stop.” who says that?? Also, “the veins were bulging in his neck, his eyes were black,” she’s seen one too many movies.

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Definitely she's so fake it's unreal

[@guaytambitabella2568]

Sounds a lot like Amber Heard. "I was going out of the room, he slapped me, I turned around, I said: Johnny you hit me" Another will be, "I was sitting on the couch, he slapped my face, I was in the edge of the couch, I sat on the floor, looking at this dirty carpet, why I never notice the carpet was so dirty, seeing the carpet, staring this carpet and thinking, why I never notice the carpet was so dirty." Crying with not tears. All the fake drama. The performance of these liars is crazy!

[@tobydean7097]

How can you see the veins bulging in the neck unless you are right next to the person?! Please???? 🙄

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

@@tobydean7097 have u heard u heard of make believe

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

@@guaytambitabella2568 yes exactly

[@shay4415]

There is absolutely zero evidence of him abusing her. I am a survivor of severe DV and hate to say a woman is lying but I’m sorry, I do not believe her.

[@joannadechenne6368]

Bless your heart baby. This chick is acting. 100%

[@lisanoone-paker1020]

@@joannadechenne6368 she reminds me of a lot of Amber Heard in the Johnny Depp trial

[@BackrowErnie]

@@lisanoone-paker1020they both even used the old cracker: “his eyes were black!”

[@123marlanamars]

@@lisanoone-paker1020☝🏼Ashley is slightly better at acting than Amber 💩

[@jacksgl777]

@@shay4415 I’m sorry you were abused. But I’m glad you said that you don’t believe her. I don’t believe her either. All those abuse stories stem from just a few things that happened what, 4 years earlier? So many people on here have been triggered by her “stories” that they “believe” her rather than thinking objectively.

[@kezzykez2471]

She is a liar. How does it go to a complete 360 when she invited him over to her house. She lured him there set him up and murdered him for custody and money

[@marilynlangley-ws8xx]

I agree but I don't think that the prosecution proved it

[@jozsefhor]

180

[@123marlanamars]

⁠​⁠@@marilynlangley-ws8xxI agree with you 100% -reasonable doubt has been established. If she is lying and manipulating, she won’t live an abundant life no matter what imo.

[@antonellafabiani2203]

You are just speculating, she was keeping his beast and evil nature quite to avoid confrontations…

[@123marlanamars]

@@antonellafabiani2203truth -she kept the beast at bay for (what was it) three years? This is a tough one ☝🏼

[@ao1978cmv]

She sounds so fake .She trying so hard to shed tears ..i dont believe her

[@All_Loves_Lost]

This is why you don’t marry someone you’ve only known for a couple weeks 🙄

[@dapple3632]

And 30 years younger 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@whatdoyoulivefor735]

​@@dapple3632or, 30 years older 😄

[@antonellafabiani2203]

She was only 24 - we all have done stupid things and took silly decisions, or stopped about on time when we had the right family and loving people around! No reason to judge her for her choice then, being part of the past. The reality is that she was abused, at least psychologically if not also threatened and injured physically, and her dog was abused, so the victim family should also cut some slack to her and look into this a bit more closely. Dirty cloths were not washed outside clearly. And when you are a young mother left to deal with a huge man like that you act irresponsibly??? Yes you do, it’s a surviving mechanism!

[@nettiea9384]

Absolutely

[@MyWadester]

@@antonellafabiani2203there’s zero proof he was abusing her mentally! His text toward seamed more protecting then anything else. Its her words against dead Doug!

[@lillus91]

This is what Amber’s testimony would have been if Johnny Depp didn’t leave her in 2016

[@Friendofstfrank]

Amber left Depp.

[@ellalebam2625]

😂

[@guaytambitabella2568]

​@@Friendofstfrank watch the US trial. Amber almost killed JD.

[@BackrowErnie]

@@FriendofstfrankDepp left Heard. Her ego and BPD couldn’t take it, so she raced to publicly announce SHE was divorcing HIM. That PR move backfired, because his mother had just passed away- so the public thought she came across as heartless. Her next strategy was to take out a restraining order on him (while he was out of the country), paint a bruise on her face, and alert TMZ. Thus began the public’s perception of Depp vs Heard.

[@sabbathsermonthetypist]

Wow so true

[@kathywedzik4905]

AB body language, the whole trial tells me ab is not telling the truth. AB taking the stand solidified her guilt, my opinion.

[@rebeccascott630]

Oh my god!!! This is a show.. she is hiding her face so you can't see her deception, putting on a show.. Boy she just going for the Oscar ain't she

[@TheMontanakat]

And the money they’re paying that Bruce guy…😂😂😂 wasted…

[@catherinearmstrong388]

This will be difficult for the jury because neither is wrapped right. He was an obsessed “testosterone rage” control freak and she with her own personality disorder(s). Neither had coping or communication skills, both had lethal weapons. A disaster waiting to happen.

[@DonnaLena1]

They met at a political fund raiser in support of the 2nd Amendment. Go figure 😂

[@lab4389]

Agreed.

[@cookie_dough_hangover]

Very toxic relationship..what a mess

[@davidng8870]

Yeah… everyone is like I don’t believe her and maybe her sheer unlikeability will do her in. But for me it’s a tough case and the defence has done pretty well from what I’ve seen. The trouble for her is that even with all that abusive background the incident itself, running a box into her and gesticulating and so forth, doesn’t seem to warrant lethal force. Maybe they can give her second degree or excessive self defence or something

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

​that's what she's charged with degree

[@EnH24]

Her testimony reminds me of Amber Heard.

[@MEMELIFEBABY]

The testimony about her saying he punched the dog in the face and knocked him out for jumping in between them made me laugh out loud. That didn’t happen, picture that scenario in your head and tell me that doesn’t make you lol, ridiculous.

[@GodWarriorsArcAngels]

She crying for herself because she knows her life is way over

[@GB-he1zc]

Interesting when she is not on the stand, she has her hair up, face totally exposed, of course no make up, but when she is on the stand she has literally behind a curtain of hair. Doug was going her sugar daddy, a home owner, income through pregnancy, retirement one way or another. She trapped him, when he wanted to get together again she thought, Do I have to put up with him to get everything I wanted, too much work, I don't think so!". So she found a way to get rid of him. For a ballerina, her victim posture is created for a visual effect. She is not sorry, relieved, but now the acting has to be convincing to get the pay off.

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Agree

[@xmonch]

I watched ZERO coverage and just watching this alone... GUILTY! What a horrible account of someone who was not even a major threat

[@Charliegirl2]

This is all i seen also of this trial. She isn't really crying just faking. She really making me sick. I usually get involved in these trials but her and that lawyer of hers i can't listen to this.

[@herroyalhighness5634]

37:04 not a behavior expert, just a human watching another human and I was surprised to feel zero empathy, I think because it feels so off and not genuine at all.

[@shay4415]

This!!! 100% …. When someone shows genuine emotion you (well most people) will automatically feel empathy and emotion for them but I found myself rolling my eyes and feeling so sad for Doug, and I am a survivor of severe domestic violence and I hate calling her a liar but IMO she is completely unbelievable

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

I felt embarrassed for her not sympathy

[@Ktrussman]

Yes and then the camera goes to the audience who also have no sadness watching. It's very clear it's an act.

[@herroyalhighness5634]

@@Ktrussman i think the camera was generally on Doug’s family. I’m really curious what any third parties in the courtroom felt - did it feel awkward because she was lying or did anyone in that courtroom feel compelled by her testimony? I’m also super curious what the jury looked like watching this.

[@kathleenosullivan8209]

I am a dv survivor. I wanted to believe her. I read case. Him.punching dog etc. I couldn't feel anything.... because it was not genuine emotionally

[@Cat-qo3ht]

Another Amber Heard. Lots of drama acting. I feel nothing from her. Polar opposite of Marcia Thompson on the stand. My heart went out to Marcia. Not to this one. I feel for her husband who lost his life because of her.

[@rexr8454]

No gun powder residue on his shirt which means she was over 5 feet from him

[@godzillamanstreb524]

@@rexr8454 interesting

[@jukes243]

Another Jodi Arias. She's got these "so called" experts fooled. Bring on the Behavior Panel...

[@sldrgirl]

@juke243 you hit the nail on the head. She got these so-called experts/analysts fooled. She can’t testify to what never happened. Her story doesn’t make sense. She looks awkward telling this story because she’s trying to make it as she goes or rather as she’s questioned. If something really happened to you, you will be able to say what happened. I think prosecutor got her number. She’s a liar. I don’t believe she was ever abused and this trying to act like she’s not a fighter is bs. The stuff she was saying in that letter didn’t come from somebody who’s a punk or non confrontational person. This stuff on the stand is an act. Terrible acting at that. I see all through that facàde.

[@Falangemary123]

Where is the behavioural panel!!!

[@shelleyannwalters2375]

@@Falangemary123 I am sure they are coming.

[@tencoconuts679]

Of course an enormous amount of stress on the face.. not only is she acting but also she actually shot and killed him and is now re-living the events.. in my humble opinion its a combination of the actual shooting that took place & the acting she is overly presenting. Something in her eyes tells me she is nothing but a snake in the grass..she is hysterical while talking about the shooting but then her eyes tell me something totally different while she's behind the desk .. pay attention court lovers..its all there..that look she gives when picking up only her eyes to look up..something not right there..she is a woman of many secrets

[@tencoconuts679]

Remember Amber Heard..

[@NikasNeuroNuggets]

Wow he replaced his wife quickly

[@isapalmer]

That’s what I was thinking. 9 months… jeez

[@sweetjanejonez]

Men move on quick as heck from a spouse passing away

[@carolb1871]

Some men can’t be alone. The man no doubt went thru it caring for a dying spouse. But maybe find someone more age appropriate wouldn’t be a bad idea

[@mewho6199]

It sounds like she preyed on him when he was vulnerable.

[@Jack-bc5xg]

Never come at a Ballerina with Jazz hands.

[@Friendofstfrank]

lol

[@tobydean7097]

😅

[@Falangemary123]

My gut stays the same... Something's off... I want to believe her but something is giving me the full heebie jeebies!!!

[@GodWarriorsArcAngels]

No tears no trauma just pure phony pure Evil

[@sequanpayton3748]

SHE LOOKS BITTER AND VERY UNLIKABLE IN COURT!!! NO REMORSE AND EVIL HEARTED

[@Southernnj26]

Guilty.

[@BrookeHays-p6x]

This woman is the worst liar and actress I have ever seen. And this so called warrior pose is a ballet pose..not this ninja crap! Justice for Doug and family!!!

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Agree

[@allisonwatson713]

She is guilty as sin & a bloody bad actor send her to jail for life

[@natecrawford6411]

These experts are easily manipulated too 😂😂

[@joannadechenne6368]

She is GUILTY. Period.

[@ebabiimocha2831]

For a man fighting fir custody of his child with the mother and is winning.. I dont think he would jeopardize that. I think he did wanted to work things out with her, save his family and keep it together. If she felt he was dangerous than why would she want to work things out with him in the first place if she had already left. He hit her with a box and she felt the need to unlife him? I do not believe her. He is not here to defend himself, them text messages he was reading to the juror he was speaking of people he assumed was hurting his wife and how mad the situation was making him feel. Everyone speak words out of anger in regards of knowing a loved one is being hurt. I didn't hear anything about him speaking in regards of him doing anything to her. In this case they arent asking all the right questions.

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Agree she said he never hit her before that day but I don't think he hit her at all he was happy thinking they were getting back together and she wanted him to drop some injunction they had and he said he would

[@TheSingingGardener]

Not one tear was shed that day

[@nettiea9384]

And the Oscar goes to…

[@sarahwales6276]

The fact that her murdering her husband was highly traumatic and she's very stressed and upset, because she's looking at the rest of her life in prison, doesn't mean she's telling the truth and didn't murder her husband in cold blood. She using the classic defence if "Wah, I don't know, I'm not a fighter, ugh, huh huh I don't know". Blubbering so much no one can understand her and she doesn't have to answer questions.

[@effinhellfire]

I have never seen so much coached BS in my life. She's a categorical liar. Amber Heard with a gun. Women who have really suffered through DV have to put up watching her BS. Its disheartening and shameful xXxXx

[@nancyecuer402]

Usually when a person makes noise like that and are sniffing like that, that person is crying. The produce tears and snot. This woman never has to use her Kleenex nor do I see tears or snot.

[@Georgeyboy1987]

What person with a gun pointed at them is gonna still come at that person with the gun and Lunge?

[@tobydean7097]

Nobody!!!! I would beg for my life and run!!!!! 😢

[@Moira-v8e]

After a month of marriage she's holidaying without her husband?

[@isapalmer]

He remarried 9 months after his first wife died, not sure what your point is with this comment about her

[@tobydean7097]

@@isapalmer. Married people can be lonely?! My friend was married for 35 years and both of them were lonely?! They finally parted!!!! Maybe he was ready for a new life????

[@iveyglezyiaglen3116]

If she was so afraid of him why she didn’t shoot him on the foot and run? he wouldn’t be able to run after her. I think she’d all planned before when she ask him for help her to move boxes and stuff. Why are you asking for help to your abuser!!! is he the only person on earth?? I am domestic violence survivor and trust me ask him for help was the last thing in my mind.

[@marquitaarmstrong399]

I am survivor but still can't say. Think every situation is unique. When I try to remember my own moments things get cloudy....your judgment is off. Was constantly asking myself how did I get here???? Oh well thanks be I left...

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

​@marquitaarmstrong399 but she wasn't with him for 3 yrs she invited him over her house let her mom leave and killed him all within a hour..

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Exactly

[@nobodyswifeasmr]

So disappointed in these experts. She is lying!!

[@AngelaDuarte-tz1zs]

I first believed her but after cross examination, and the whole representation of the "fight" she lost me. That was fake, I could see the lies there, she murdered him.. Hope his family gets justice.

[@ginac895]

Ashley is an Opportunist. She married for money. Ashley is guilt of murder.

[@CarmenHughes-ox1cm]

I shake a lot when i'm nervous. She could be shaking because of her nerves not because her story is true, but because you have to remember she needs to convince the jury about her side. That's a lot of pressure

[@hollywright6414]

The behaviour panel please!

[@sandybeatles1]

She said his feet went up in the air. Justifying why he was shot on the bottom part of his leg.

[@eckmankimberly572]

I don’t know the history of this case but just based on her testimony she appears fake to me. I’m not sure why I feel that way

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Because she is fake

[@tamaravasselin8978]

Her testimony was SOOO fake. She sealed the deal.

[@rondahartman5686]

I wanted to believe her but after her testimony, i doubt it was self-defense...😢

[@godzillamanstreb524]

I’m sorry I think she’s lying…..she knew she’d have to explain why back of his leg was shot

[@All_Loves_Lost]

@@godzillamanstreb524 I get the same feeling I really do-! I was in an abusive relationship and tend to have much sympathy for women in similar situations but I just don’t feel like she was. Her whole story feels like bullshit

[@moniquedubois7304]

Same here. I usually believe but nothing seems real. I don’t believe she was abused or acting in self defence

[@godzillamanstreb524]

@@All_Loves_Lost I was also….she has 0 fear or trauma in her demeanor and especially eyes…..if it were me my body language would tell the truth….the jury will do the right thing 💯‼️

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

I'm also a DV victim I felt embarrassed for her rather then sympathy all fake..

[@visune1178]

She lied when she said he kept coming at her.. cos the chest shot would of taken his legs from under him and his knee shot was when he was on the ground (according to the defence witness) plus one of the other shots was a downward trojectory so he musta been on the ground again when she shot that.. But this has been such a disastrous court room case i think she did murder him but will get away with it you cant claim self defence when he is down on the ground and you keep shooting at him

[@catherinearmstrong388]

If she was completely lying she would be embellishing his violent actions against her. As it stands, the violence alleged in terms of a self defense claim is under whelming.

[@phillipmartinez9232]

Completely lying? So you think she is a lying a little bit?

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

​@@phillipmartinez9232 yes 😅

[@nettiea9384]

Why don’t these experts mention the fact that she cries without tears? I cry at the drop of a bucket. No trauma necessary. I can’t even watch sad aspca commercials or kid violence cases I’m so sensitive. My eyes water easy. This woman shakes trembles whimpers and ugly grimaces with no tears. Someone Mk it Mk sense to me.

[@davidng8870]

The expert view on that is a little weird. Trembling and all that fine but who cries without tears

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

I know I was shocked by all her testimony so fake

[@Friendofstfrank]

Me too.

[@jacksgl777]

Oh, that music makes it definitely real. ! 😂

[@Inquisitor2024]

Dramatic 😂

[@sharonnorris9291]

😂😂

[@crysn315]

I believe her. He seems completely unhinged. He shot a gun in their house during an argument, punched a dog in the face, those text messages they exchanged during the cruise...him attacking her wouldn't exactly be shocking. He obviously can't control his emotions. Those cruise text messages he sent were completely batsh*t crazy. He seems like a person who could easily fool all those around him into believing that he's this great guy, but underneath is this..rage (for a lack of a better word). The way the media has told this story truly had me believing she was guilty way before trial even started. This is the perfect example of media twisting the story to fit their narrative/make it more appealing/interesting to draw in more viewers.

[@heatherjordan4022]

Agree 💯

[@Falangemary123]

​@@heatherjordan4022I want to believe her but something is off!! Her whole demeanor.. no tears... No snot.. no change in colour during stressful moments of storytelling nothing!! I don't want to not believe her but something is off for me

[@crysn315]

@@Falangemary123 She was visibly shaking. I felt she was being honest. It must be incredibly awkward being up there on the stand knowing Court TV and other news outlets are zooming in and watching every move. I can only imagine how awkward I'd look. I've been body language experts that Vinny brought on state they, themselves, could tell her emotions were 100% real. It's just an opinion, sure, but it's opinions I completely agree with. Lol. I understand your skepticism, tho!

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

He didn't punch his dog 😅he pushed it off his lap cause the dogs nails dug into him...

[@Ktrussman]

​@@Falangemary123same! I believe part of her.

[@eckmankimberly572]

Oh dear. Her attorneys voice is annoying.

[@khairilkhalid983]

I hope the jurors can see the truth behind Ashley's lies and all her manipulative tactics. Why would he kill the mother of her child, she didn't have a mark on her.

[@godzillamanstreb524]

@@khairilkhalid983 I believe they will

[@lisaw3109]

NOT GUILTY. HOPE THE JURY IS SMARTER THEN U ALL

[@staceysteele5064]

She’s lying about the dog I think. That wasn’t what Doug admitted. I can’t believe they’re all just believing her. People lie on the stand.

[@jacquelined6810]

There’s a text he sent her saying he was sorry he hit the dog.

[@maefreeman6475]

@@staceysteele5064 He had shorts on, the dog jumped on him scratching his legs. He pushed the dog off him he didn’t punch the dog!

[@zeketrick]

Good thing she cried so hard, I thought she was guilty . 😮

[@libertypastor1307]

I hope she appeals. I think it was self defense. She was a ballerina. He had studied martial arts, which probably explains his arm movements and his side stance; hence the path of the bullet from front right of his upper torso to back left. He could have taunted her because he didn't believe she would pull the trigger. Her description matches that scenario. There didn't seem to be any inconsistencies, and certainly no changing of her story that I noticed. Additional details can be remembered after time has gone by. Her stoicism could be due to the fact that she has been under a cloud of suspicion, and her in-laws not supporting her. These are very difficult cases for juries to judge. God knows the truth, and eventually He will either judge, or all parties have or will obtain forgiveness from Him, so that it is reckoned as having been paid for by Jesus Christ, as far as judgment after life is concerned. But society has to deal with such unknowns; so, when it comes to her life and or freedom being in jeopardy, I prefer the original American value of trust in God to take vengeance, if someone is guilty; but a society is better off to let 100 guilty people go free than if they convict one innocent person. God will judge a society that does not value life and freedom properly.

[@henkerfastwalker]

The two "experts" talking blah blah blah.

[@td454]

The reason why we are doomed as a society.

[@tracy5570]

Not a single tear. Horrible actress. Amber Heard all over again. She disgusts me.

[@j.c.7555]

This is the defense’s plan and coaching because she is facing serious charges which will give her time in prison if convicted.. She is definitely scared about what she faces. Trauma is there….she actually destroyed a life not once but four times. Wouldn’t he be knocked down after one time? Why four? She could have ran after the first time if she were that frightened imo. Testifying has to be an emotional roller coaster no doubt.

[@Julie-k3t]

She's no swan

[@Moira-v8e]

Was he moving in slow motion cause the way she tells it he must be far away? She murdered him in cold blood, that's not self defense!

[@judyberends7021]

She had to say under oath that he didn't hit her

[@reikilady771]

He did hit her, they had a pic of her face, but what she said was, he had never hit her before, but that doesn't mean there was never abuse before. I have been in abusive relationships, and hitting isn't the only type of domestic violence. There is evidence that he had thrown the dog down the stairs, threw things at her, called her names, yelled at her in an intimidating way. That is abuse.

[@Gwarzonicus]

​@@reikilady771 it is a claim, I saw the picture saying she had some slight swelling on cheeks which to be honest I couldn't see, seemed like a stretch if you have actually seen a battered face before. This is why prosecution presented her photos prior to the day of the murder as a reference. No where was it proven beyond reasonable doubt he hit her. This is exactly why I stay away from toxic individuals no matter what. As a man you get angry once then everyone labels you as abusive. Time and time again even his daughter testified that she often complained and kept talking her husband into frustration.

[@POW_RYDER]

​@reikilady771 HE NEVER EVER HIT HER. YOU AND OTHERS SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW THIS GIRL. SHE BRUISED HER OWN FACE ON PURPOSE AND SCRATCHED IT. "THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN ABUSE OF ANY KIND, IS LYING ABOUT IT"....CLAIMING IT HAPPENED WHEN IT DID NOT.

[@judyberends7021]

@@POW_RYDER I agree 👍 she is evil.

[@MyWadester]

@@reikilady771 she had said he NEVER had hit her or pushed her!

[@BrittanyshaeR]

Please please please let the jury convict her... Or else her plan worked.

[@rebeccascott630]

Did anyone else see the dog incident? No it's just her word against Noone he is dead he can't tell his side!!

[@MyWadester]

@@rebeccascott630 i think he say it in a text message but i can’t recall.

[@diane4730]

not one tear has fallen period. please go to jail and be real and get help so you can have half mind to see your child on visitation days.

[@judyberends7021]

Great information.I don't believe any of her stories. Thanks Vinnie. I hope the jury sees thru her lies

[@tamiko_8369]

Why did she even have a gun on her. If you knew he was abusive why not stay away! Where there any police reports of him hitting her or any 911 calls or recordings of him verbally abusing him?

[@erikahernandez8745]

So you ask your Abuser to help move....I don't think so.

[@yanglin2209]

the dramatic performance reminds me some characteristics of A.H. in Johnny's case🤔

[@marylinstriker530]

He got in a fighting stance, OK sure. Jodi Arais 2.0....

[@AyodeleSB]

I read in an article that he was waking away from her when she shot him once in the leg and another time in the arm and that bullet traveled to his chest? And is she even shedding tears because her face looks dry. Could just be the angle of the video.

[@godzillamanstreb524]

Crocodile tears…..she’s guilty imho

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

GUILTY AS HELL

[@Compmix-nz2vm]

This case was definitely not self defense she is going to be found guilty!!!!!!!! A case like this the defendant did not have a history of domestic violence the case of marcia Thompson she definitely was abused for many many years she was found not guilty but this case here it was not self defense at all ....

[@luliu3577]

She planed it ahead and send her mother and daughter out of house so she can kill him without witness, her acting job is lousy, crying without tears doesn’t help.

[@Michael-fb3gt]

Only reason why she's showing so much emotion.She knows she's gonna be going to the jail.That's only reason why

[@fromcali2tn]

I cant get myself to feel sorry for Doug. He wanted a trophy wife and this is where is got him.

[@tobydean7097]

But he didn’t deserve to be murdered??? 😢

[@tobydean7097]

That is the most ridiculous statement!!!! And women who want a trophy husband????

[@Moira-v8e]

The only emotion is for herself

[@heatherjordan4022]

Those text messages from him 😮 he’s unstable

[@cookie_dough_hangover]

Exactly..so weird

[@tobydean7097]

Lots of people are unstable?! She baited him with her story of being assaulted?! She is a demon!!!!!😈

[@MrsGator7]

Ashley’s affect during testimony reminds me of Amber Heard

[@cecipohio2913]

She ruined him. And she's still doing it to serve her own agenda.

[@oc2538]

For me the fact is he did admit in text he got the gun and shot at her. He knocked the dog out, who does that? To the dog? He had anger issues, couldn't control himself. They are oil and water clearly. The 30 age year gap, his wife JUST died. 9 months is not long enough to be ready to remarry. And he picked a young naive girl who was certainly impressionable. But the media is painting her out like some temptress, this was all in his power and control. He had no reason to marry if he didn't want it. His ex wife's texts showed he was an abusive husband, a user, a liar.....so a leopard doesn't change it's spots. I'm sure he was desperate and his daughter said when she left him the note that it was over he cried the same way he cried at her mom's funeral. People who know him can say she's a liar but those text messages are not fake. He admitted to shooting at her. So it isn't far fetched to think she's afraid for her life. Remember they had several guns.

[@crysn315]

THANK YOU!!! Finally, a voice of reason. He was completely unhinged, and it's amazing how people brush past all of it as if it's irrelevant. 'But he's such a good man' is something most family/friends say when they find out their loved one is an undercover abuser. The media had me assuming she was guilty before the trial even started due to the way they worded the situation. They completely sensationalized it to get more viewers watching. However, seeing it play out in court -- it's clear to me that she is not guilty.

[@phillipmartinez9232]

If she didn't lose the custody hearing and than lure him to her house, than she would have a better claim

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Firstly he didn't knock the dog out he pushed the dog hard because the nails were digging in his legs

[@joanmcdonald3176]

I don't believe a word she says. Her description of the events of that day don't sound plausible. She also lied about why he was there to begin with.

[@hoyboys1000]

Really bad acting!

[@BrittanyshaeR]

If shes that "emotional" during her own testimony, how come shes so stoic over there at her little table

[@marilynlangley-ws8xx]

She never looks at anyone, I just don't believe her

[@barbaranel-zw2io]

Drop your act girl!!😮😮😮

[@marievarela2821]

Jodi Arias playbook. Maybe pressing of the lips is… holding back the truth.

[@lynettemacvicar1034]

Was she stringing him along and he believed he was moving in with her and mom? then last minute told him he couldn't and that's what set him off? His life was packed in the truck too...did he find out last minute he had no where to live when he got there,? Seems like she knew he was going to be really angry so had guns ready.she might not have told her mother but time was running out? Same as the dance studio.after he sunk millions into it she was on him to have the vasectomy.i think they were both a hot mess..but how much was him reacting to her spoiled immature behavior?

[@sandybeatles1]

Sounds like Amber Heard

[@Southernnj26]

She’s upset bc what she did takes her away from her daughter for life. She left right after being pregnant! She killed him unnecessarily and this case could change every woman to kill somebody before having to share her daughter

[@marinabreitigam8571]

Don't believe her at all she the abuser she ambushed him, and she intentionally murdered him. She gives those who really suffer DV A BAD NAME SHE GUILTY NO TEARS COME OUT HER.