LIVE: FL v. Ashley Benefield, Black Swan Murder Trial - Day 4 | COURT TV

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00:00:00 ON THE RECORD - Day 4 00:14:12 Defense witness 1 - Faith Brown, Family Law Attorney [Represented Defendant] 00:46:08 Defense witness #2 - Ashley Benefield, Defendant Take the Stand 04:16:18 Back in Court 05:58:17 Defense witness #2 - Ashley Benefield, Cross Cntd. 06:15:06 Defense witness #3 - Samara Sweet, Attorney 06:51:12 Defense witness #4 - Amy Carlton 07:08:41 Daubert hearing re: Bruce Ferris #CourtTV Catch up on the facts of the case. FL v. #AshleyBenefield | #BlackSwanMurderTrial - MORE HERE: www.courttv.com/tag/ashley-benefield/?

[@NancyBriant-wr9vo]

OMG she is such a actor. Spoiled rotten only child. She abused Doug guaranteed. She was so scared of him she sent her mom to the park. Come on now. Justice for Doug and his daughters ❤️❤️❤️ I hope she does not have custody of Doug’s daughter. Doug’s family should fight for custody after she goes to prison. AGAIN NO TEARS…GUILTY!!!!

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

@@NancyBriant-wr9vo we still don't know who Emerson's baby daddy is!

[@LouJones-y6t]

@@NancyBriant-wr9vo DNA test needs to be done.

[@Sfoxey]

Haha you mean bad actor

[@loricollicott2408]

Not one single tear!

[@Julie-jr9sf]

How Ironic that she fears her life around Doug yet she doesnt ask her MOM TO STAY WITH HER. Instead mommy is going to take the baby to the park once Doug arrives. Hmmmm did mom know that black swan planned his death, & why mom , & baby left. Guilty as charged. Too bad they can prove 1st degree murder. Thats exactly what it was.. Hope she goes to prison .

[@brandybiscoff9685]

Agreed! Convenient timing for the child to be taken to the park right when this happens. And the lack of fear to be alone with him which suddenly translated to extreme life or death fear. Hope the jury isn’t buying it.

[@joyceghaisarnia4388]

Mom testified she already had child in car when Doug pulled up. Mom routinely took child to park 3 to 4 times a week.

[@Mixedmacnuts]

Who invites the person they fear to their home and is alone with the person that abuses them and agrees with the abuser to MOVE together to the same state? Insane. She believes we are all fools. 😂

[@livecalm2246]

She didn’t know he would flip a switch when she asked him to leave. She became fearful of her life when he trapped her. At that point she’s in extreme danger knowing this is the same man who is trained in martial art, who had kicked his wife, fired a gun into a ceiling to shut her up, abused her pets, and wanted to kill innocent cruise passengers because he owns her and they can’t even be near her. She was seeing his deranged warrior side that he warned about in the doorway and she was terrified!

[@LatinaLatina1011]

@@Mixedmacnutsthere were not moving in together. What trial are you watching?

[@tcurry1531]

I believe Ashley Benefield was the abuser by stringing her husband along that she would return to him when she had no intention to do that. Please show that the child was his child.

[@DSmith4835]

They were married .. legally his child even if she had slept with the mailman …

[@victoriaaustin3189]

She’s a terrible actress 😂

[@maanmohammad8459]

​@@DSmith4835 Source?

[@jmgood2870]

​​@@DSmith4835Unintelligent comment

[@TherapistLady]

Really need your proof of evidence here, ma’am/sir

[@NancyBriant-wr9vo]

I love the looks his daughter is giving her. We are with Doug’s daughter all the way. Justice will be served . The jury can see right threw this act😜😜

[@NSmith-qn2sb]

She looks like she's trying to kill her with her eyes 😂

[@tinan97478]

lol serious acting job. She gaslighted a vulnerable man who just lost his wife, got him to reverse his vasectomy, was super bratty re his teenage daughter, wanted a baby with the “abuser”, left him a few months pregnant, didn’t tell him she was having the baby, tried to get an injunction before the birth, after the birth, claimed child abuse, wanted him to move to Maryland with her family, did couples therapy, etc but she plays on the stand DV victim from 4 years ago. I’m a survivor and any survivor will tell you, we don’t live in trauma state 24 hours a day. We still work, some are mothers, cook, etc. None of her emotional outcry are organic. When ppl have recall memory, body movement leads words. Ppl making up a story, words come first then physical acting/demonstration. She’s a liar! I believe he made a mistake at the beginning but never repeated any abuse/violence etc

[@jane6989]

I agree. She used him to the max!!

[@LatinaLatina1011]

@@jane6989used him ? He had no money . Didn’t leave her anything either.

[@LatinaLatina1011]

You think his ex wife is a liar also ?? With all Her claims ??

[@LatinaLatina1011]

He’s disgusting and took advantage of a Little girl . 54 and 24 . Who’s abusing who ?

[@TapirusT]

@@LatinaLatina1011I agree and I think it’s disgusting people will excuse his admitted abuse (shooting ceiling throwing gun at her, nearly killing their dog in anger) yet her trying to appease him to i believe keep her daughter safe is unreasonable.

[@natecrawford6411]

Her trying to act like a skiddish puppy while constantly fake crying with no tears is so cringy!!! She just looks like a really bad drama show 😂

[@Billprivateeye]

Yes not her real personality at all she is an A dog not at all like the show she is putting for the jury

[@LatinaLatina1011]

Were you there ? To confirm to tears ?

[@LatinaLatina1011]

If she didn’t cry . You would say she’s a heartless wench .

[@maanmohammad8459]

​@@LatinaLatina1011 Maybe your screen is bad.But there were no tears.

[@mickeyd8273]

@@LatinaLatina1011 regardless if there were tears or not, she's a trained performer. i typically believe most defendants unless their story is outlandish. i'm always surprised when i read comments & see how many aren't buying it when i was so convinced. not this time tho. i don't believe her at all. not that my opinion matters so much.

[@Mixedmacnuts]

She remembers everything during her direct but can't remember anything during her cross 🤔 bad actress

[@christinao522]

Terrible acting, especially after she had years to concoct and perfect the grand performance we saw today.

[@jackkoba8053]

💯💯💯 when the prosecutor asked her to show Doug’s threat, her acting skills were a joke 😂😂she is a disgrace for all DV victims

[@NancyBriant-wr9vo]

Lots of sniffling NO TEARS!!! 4 years to make this story up!! WOW

[@dorindawegwitz293]

OMG this defence lawyer’s voice almost puts me over the edge and he carrries on and on and on

[@tcurry1531]

His daughter appears much more traumatized than his wife. I hope the wife did not collect any life insurance or dependent care from social security unless they proved he was the actual father.

[@LatinaLatina1011]

His daughter is on tik Tok laughing and making videos . Plus laughing in court . Yea she’s not sad . She’s looking for hey 15

[@angyQ6379]

@@LatinaLatina1011It’s her own way of processing. We don’t know what the defendant or the daughter of the victim daily demeanor to make an opinion on their behaviors. People can laugh out if place

[@sharoncoulton3679]

She would be more traumatized it was her Father

[@andreaphillian3947]

@@angyQ6379 It kills me when people say “people morn differently” So, you go to night clubs to morn the death of your 6 year old boy ?

[@carltonwalton9819]

@@andreaphillian3947some people will go anywhere to avoid being alone with their own thoughts.

[@tcurry1531]

Still no tears while she is demonstrating her killing her husband.

[@DSmith4835]

Oh but she doesn’t sit in a court with that snarky - wtf ever way to describe Karen Read .. autopsy pictures didn’t even get an emotional sad response … even ifff that crazy dog story happened she still shows no sadness in court

[@sharoncoulton3679]

Why should she have tears, if he was abusive?

[@livecalm2246]

@@tcurry1531Either get a high definition tv or better glasses because there were definitely tears.

[@JK-jj9ko]

5:48:25 Here she is crying because she didnt think she had to physically stand up and show to the court how doug was standing and how his hands were, because it never happened . If you were being attacked by a man, you will remember the exact moment of when the attack happened. She cannot explain it because she knows that dougs back was turned and he wasnt attacking her , lunging at her or aware that she had a gun in her hand. She didnt take any drugs or drink alcohol that affect her memory. In the moment of the threat and leading up to it she should remember it and she does remember what happened but she knows 100% that there was no threat because evidence prooves that she shot him from more than a meter away , which tells us that he never lunged at her, because she states that she pointed the gun towards his knee (showing her hand pointing the gun to the floor direction) and autopsy shows that he was shot in the back of the leg . 5:48:25 So ashley has told us , her first shot is of dougs back of right leg knee , autopsy states that the bullet came from the back of the leg to the front which means doug had his back towards ashley. Which demonstrates that doug never lunged at ashley as she is testifying in this day 4 trial. She she has lied to the court . And then after shooting doug in the back of the right leg, doug turned around to his right to see who shot him , he saw ashley there with the gun and then ashley shot him in the right side of the chest which forced him to fall back. It was 100% not self defense. She is guilty

[@Luvmyswiftvet]

This girl's right up there with Wendy Adelson find a man that wants to be a father and this is how you deal with it What a piece of s***, I was driving while listening to this earlier. She's not believable I hope the jury feels the same way

[@ElevateTheProcess]

The claims do not justify murder.

[@livecalm2246]

Nothing justifies murder but the claims do justify self defense.

[@BMrules4sure]

@@ElevateTheProcess Yes they do!

[@926paaja]

Self defense

[@DSmith4835]

@@livecalm2246her claims can not be seen or known by the jury … only what she states .. can it be proven that she did things premeditated in nature? If not then the other thing would be she feared for her life….

[@LatinaLatina1011]

Were you there ?

[@victoriaaustin3189]

She shouldn’t give up her day job as she’ll never make it as an actress 😂

[@waynefoote3781]

I think that Ashley set this man up. Why did she let him help her move? I do NOT buy her fake crying story on the stand. I DON'T believe that this man hit her! Where is the proof? Did they test his hand? Why didn't she give her story before? She tried to say that he poisoned her and the baby...THAT WAS A LIE!! It is also NOT FAIR to parade your daughter with a sign.

[@prettykay154]

The fake cry’s tell it all. That’s crazy how you could shake so hard your tears stay in your eyelids.

[@Billprivateeye]

@@prettykay154 crazy is really the operative word in her performance

[@LatinaLatina1011]

Were you there ? Did you get up close ?

[@waynefoote3781]

Great point I was cringing thinking if the jury believes her!

[@LouJones-y6t]

Great manipulator like Jodi Arias. Hope she gets the same judgement.

[@DianeBalmforth]

exactly what i was thinking....both peas in a pod

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

I think maybe Jodi was a better actor? Maybe?

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

She's gross

[@LouJones-y6t]

Better prosecutor. 💯💯

[@LouJones-y6t]

Martinez asked Jodi- Were you crying when you shot him?

[@sunshinerain8668]

I think she is guilty. Love how she didn’t dye her hair and didn’t wear any makeup, nice touch 🙄

[@LatinaLatina1011]

If she dyed her hair and wore makeup then you say she doesn’t care . Only cares to look good

[@JandalGomez]

@@LatinaLatina1011shes guilty

[@kcal3126]

I thought so too. Trying to act like a battered woman years later. Eye bags, no makeup, white hairs sticking up out of her head. Crying breaks because she’s trying to hide her lies. She took his life and she’s acting like we should feel sorry for her.

[@SGP1963]

Where r the psychological tests showing her mental fitness or personality disorders? Where is the investigator assessing the crime scene? Where is the medical examiner addressing the victim being shot while running away? Why isnt the prosecutor PROSECUTING??

[@francesca6301]

Why didn't the prosecutor call the lead detective on this case? I think we've seen evidence that the victim was controlling and abusive. We've only got Ashley's word that it was self defense. But we have zero proof she pre-meditated this and no proof at all that it *wasn't* self defense. I know that abused women act in ways most of us wouldn't understand. I have a friend who still does her husband's laundry even though he flaunts his mistress in front of their kids. She's been abused for years and is completely financially dependent on him, so she complies and "goes along to get along" and just survives. Abusers do a number on the abusee's head. I'm not entirely sure what to believe in this case, but one thing I do believe is that the prosecution hasn't proven their case beyond a reasonable doubt, and I find a lot of their tactics to be incredibly shady. I'd vote to acquit based on that.

[@1970KID]

Anyone who hurts an animal is despicable to me😡

[@marta6140]

Do you really believe that he did that? I would rather think she's done it. She's a psychopath, she's probably describing what she did. It was exactly the same story with Amber Heard and Johnny Depp. Everything she accused Johnny off, she was guilty of doing. It's gaslighting, narcissists love gaslight people around them and play victim while they are real predators.

[@TherapistLady]

And is one criteria for Coercive Control abusers

[@tcurry1531]

T Curry ​​Sounds like she was stringing him along so that all her expenses were made to move her and her mother.

[@DanaAndra-o6v]

Narcissistic abuse is very dangerous.I am also a victim .Courts should start to be aware .

[@brandybiscoff9685]

Wow, crazy how Ashley can cry without tears, and how she can turn it on and off so quickly. Also, I loved how the state made her demonstrate what allegedly happened- she did TERRIBLE at that!! So he was moving his arms up and down, with palms straight, and that warranted shooting him?? 🤔 ridiculous

[@leanndoolin4284]

I thought exactly the same thing. She' was trying the Amber Heard fake cry w/o tears.

[@dedmannwaulking]

she looked like a white girl trying to freestyle rap lol

[@lopezfamily9101]

It seems like he was moving his hands like, "What are you doing?" In a sense.

[@brandybiscoff9685]

Yesss! I too thought of Amber Heard. Even with the way she has styled herself for this trial- downplayed her looks, no makeup, outgrown gray roots, trying to look downtrodden.

[@brandybiscoff9685]

@lopezfamily9101 that’s a great point, hadn’t thought of that!

[@shkrjam84]

I was in a relationship with an emotionally abusive, manipulative, jealous, gaslighting creep. And he didn’t physically harm me, but he would demonstrate his physicality to intimidate when angry - punching walls, etc. I finally had enough when he tried to manipulate my 3 year old because he didn’t like me getting along with her dad for the sake of having a healthy co-parenting relationship. I knew he had a handgun, and I called my mom that morning to come pick me up, because I was afraid of an “if I can’t have you nobody will.” I ended up being safe leaving, but he did end up being a stalker for a couple years, despite me going no contact and changing my number, made my life hell.

[@PEBBLEZ21]

She knew all these things but had him reverse the vasectomy and got pregnant then left? None of it adds up…I believe about 1/3 of it but I also believe she also had anger management issues…she should have just divorced him instead of this great big elaborate scheme to kill him.

[@goldbari2]

I find that the state did not prove its case here. Im sorry they just didnt. I dont buy their motive narrative concerning the hearing. The defense has more corroboration of doug violence.

[@MsGretel8]

The prosecution brought nothing. In fact I felt like most of their witnesses helped her. Except his old lawyer who lied.

[@tcurry1531]

Are we ever going to hear what her mental evaluation diagnosis was?

[@MeldsMoi]

@@tcurry1531 she wasn't diagnosed

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Whose footing her bills now? The taxpayer, that's who! Hey Ashley, you're 32 now, and you and mommy as a package, plus the poor kid's, marketability is zero, lol!

[@christinao522]

No, she fought like hell to keep it out of this trial. But as a psychologist, I’d bet good money Borderline Personality Disorder was definitely among her DSM diagnoses

[@geoffpoole483]

@@christinao522 I'd have thought BPD would help her defence.

[@ripley8aliensmom72]

She's nuts.

[@estherreyes202]

I’m watching Ashley testify. She’s crying uncontrollably because she “shot my baby’s father!” Really??!! The man who she did not tell that their daughter was born. She was fighting for FULL CUSTODY of her😳 Crocodile tears!!! Or us Mexicans would say “dicelo a otro perro con ese hueso”!!

[@Adrianagb66]

@@estherreyes202 🤣🤣🤣👏👏

[@gail8790]

I hope the jury doesn't buy into this ballerina fake performance. JUSTICE FOR DOUG⚖️

[@LouJones-y6t]

She took advantage of a grieving widow who was old enough to be her father. Her mother didnt have a husband either. She would have saved everyone some heartache if she had just gotten a sperm donor and moved on with her mother. She was never a wife.

[@LatinaLatina1011]

Why would he get involved with a kid

[@tanyalee11.11]

@@LatinaLatina1011 why did SHE get involved with HIM? 🤑😉

[@debsibson7071]

@@tanyalee11.11$$$

[@LouJones-y6t]

He was wealthy. Lost $100,000 on a dance company she wanted to start and then she lost interest in it before it opened. A spoiled brat and manipulator. A set up by her and her mother who was his age.

[@debsibson7071]

@@LouJones-y6t k agree but not sure the mother was involved. Didn’t the mother put money into it also?

[@joycejardim7031]

What a performance...

[@sandragraham533]

I love this Judge!

[@dianenolan8645]

I love this Judge too!!

[@TheOtherBoleynGirl336]

The judge is AWESOME!

[@nychic2387]

He’s great

[@JK-jj9ko]

51:53 Why was doug at ashleys home on that late afternoon Ashleys reponse : There was furniture that my mother and i had PRE -STAGED in the Garage. So basically her mother and ashley pre staged furniture in the garage so that doug would come over to help load heavy furniture , so that ashley could then shoot him . Ashley and her mother set doug up !!!

[@brandybiscoff9685]

The case has some Wendi Adelson vibes to it for sure. A manipulative woman who wanted to move and have the child to herself, robbed the child of their father’s name, involvement of the mother in the crime, etc

[@LatinaLatina1011]

So she wanted to ruin her life ? Go to jail ?

[@mickeyd8273]

@@LatinaLatina1011 no. of course not. i don't like all the comments about her looks but.....women like her are used to getting what they want. she prob thought she could bat her eyelashes & get away with murder.

[@terrigulick2898]

Pre-staged is a term alot of people use when moving. That or "staged". As you clear out a room, you move the furniture to a staging area for when the uhaul comes..staging areas are usually close to an entrance so less moving to do the day of.

[@Truth17John17]

Ashley attended the Wendi Adelson School of Acting to prepare for trial, but obviously failed "Authentic Tear Production 101".

[@inkad1]

I do believe her. Sometimes she is unsure , didn't remember, didn't build up a false story. She is aggressively interrogated by the prosecutor, so that she is put in a corner, that made her feeling surpressed and small. Of course there wasn't abuse the whole time. Abuser are sometimes nice and behaves friendly, especially when witnesses are around. Victims don't leave, because they remember the good times and they think it's their own fault and feel responsible and they are hoping the abuser would change. She is very emotional and tried to remember and answered truthfully. She isn't an actor. She showed shame and unsecure feelings. A liar would have built up a story and would answer quicklier and would show safety in his/her words. I didn't see fake tears. That's my opinion with my experiences of abusers, liars and victims.

[@suzieross8464]

Quicklier ??

[@inkad1]

​@@suzieross8464 Sorry, I don't know the right word (adverb) . I'm German, I try my best ... 😂

[@debbie5876]

If she was lying about the abuse, she could have said he choked her or came at her stating he was going to kill her. She did not make up any over the top accusations.

[@suzieross8464]

@@inkad1 we have all done it,actually very good english x

[@Englishheart2424]

The lawyers on this case suck.

[@danachilcote4685]

Agree! Both sides!

[@karenclemons8588]

Totally agree

[@banjara101]

When I cry like that my face gets puffy/red...just saying...

[@TEX686]

Usually your eyes and nose swollen and red, snot coming out and your tissues are damp from real crying

[@MK-sg3nx]

same with me

[@angelchrist54]

Sorry Ash! No Academy Award for you.

[@BMrules4sure]

The ignorance and/or stupidity of some of the comments is mind boggling. Simply stated, the State of Florida did not prove its case, and Ashley Benefield was credible on the stand. 100% Not Guilty!

[@aniello4633]

lol

[@SGP1963]

Agree thats the states lawyers are bad. Where is their case? Why does it take two months for the state to put on karen reads case but these lawyers take two days and ask no probing questions of her??? Shes lying and will get away with it

[@SGP1963]

She was NOT credible! Poor acting and zero tears

[@workhorse7134]

Welcome to 2024 where true crime followers form hate mobs. Back in the day, they would all be enjoying the witch trials and punishments.

[@that-hoodieguy9429]

She as not credible at all dude. Come on be serious. I hope the jury sees through her lies and act

[@KellyQuinn-eo9qq]

Omg!!!!!!!!! This is ridiculous!!!!!! She is guilty!!!!!!!!!!

[@edrathephoenix]

I look forward to the behavior analysis of her testimony after the verdict.

[@Lotus1170]

I agree with the therapist! II've been through it and when you do have kids in the mix you do anything and everything to protect everybody. You know, the whole goal is to keep the family dynamics intact and hope that things will get better!

[@kazkaz2212]

The "Power and Control Wheel" seems to apply to Ahsley more than it does to Doug. And I'm pretty over Mr Ferris. Counselling with him would be akin to torture.

[@Billy.at.Raccoon]

This girl is a mental case. For her children's safety & the public she needs to be locked up. She shows up with another man's ring on and assumes her ex is stalking her because he knows she's with someone else. Wow

[@TapirusT]

I believe her. He admitted to plenty of abuse, he tracked her, she appeased him and let him think she was not done with him to keep her and her daughter safe- in my experience with narc abusers they escalate and become maximally dangerous when they are losing their object of control. and I was not there but I believe her that he escalated and aggressed and she believed he was going to hurt her and she protected herself.

[@ginafabiani5629]

I am starting to believe her too honestly.

[@feddavandermolen-quest8388]

I do not have to like her manner of testifying, but I believe her too.

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

There's always one. Sorry three

[@samanthabenzi7082]

In my experience, narc abusers never admit to any wrong doing so I don’t believe he was one

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

@@samanthabenzi7082 yes, they don't believe they're doing wrong which is why they can pass lie detector tests and stuff

[@CoCoaSabella]

Idk. Something about his ex wife suddenly passing away just doesn’t sit right with me. She’s young, easily manipulated and it’s very possible he really did have an anger issue. I have reasonable doubt. Not guilty on first degree murder. Not guilty on pre meditated murder.

[@TapirusT]

Do we know how the ex died?

[@CoCoaSabella]

@@TapirusT they’ve only referred to her death as “suddenly passing away” throughout the trial. “Suddenly” can mean so many things but in lieu of recent trials…..it’s sketchy.

[@mickeyd8273]

​@@TapirusTan undiagnosed heart ailment -- coronary artery sclerosis. Ashley tried to convince Doug's daughter that he poisoned her.

[@jmgood2870]

🚨CocoSabellaPAID BOT ALERT🚨

[@Billy.at.Raccoon]

Im so glad she was found guilty. I just wish she would get a long sentence & I doubt she will

[@kittym6071]

The jurors must be shaking their heads.. seriously 😐 there’s no evidence of her being a battered spouse come on!

[@MsGretel8]

There’s also no evidence that she hated him.

[@azjetsfan]

All that crying and NO TEARS. When she gets away with it (due to the state prosacutor failing), she should try for a career in acting. She put on one heck of a performance. If she is found not guilty it will be another failure of the justice system.

[@dorindawegwitz293]

She’d never make it. She’s a terrible actress. Guilty written all over her

[@azjetsfan]

@@dorindawegwitz293 guilty for sure

[@NikkiHisgun]

The prosecution let it happen because they could see how awfully fake it was. And compose herself??? He wanted to tell her how awful her acting was!!😂😂

[@anavictoria1809]

I don’t know that I believe her there are times when I feel like she doesn’t want to answer the questions and ups the dramatics. It’s difficult to get a read on her credibility.

[@Billprivateeye]

@@anavictoria1809 l knew her through all of 2016 in Sarasota at Trump hq she never talked like this display of almost mumbling with her head down looks real fake to me

[@aniello4633]

@@Billprivateeyedid you ever speak to her? She acts so meek and timid but yet she carries a gun.

[@Billprivateeye]

@@aniello4633 Yes, through most of 2016 at Sarasota Trump HQ, she was the office manager and team coordinator, I did some security work and vet people to go door to door, she always had a gun. Ashley never spoke like she did today in front of the jury, she is an A dog personality, not timid at all. Ashley told me her boyfriend at the time in late summer of 2016 was 6' 4" tall and a Navy SEAL, Doug Beneified was in the Navy but he was a pilot not SEAL and he is 5' 9" tall. She has a very aggressive personality and likes to exaggerate things.

[@aniello4633]

@@Billprivateeye yah I figured she is the opposite of today. Honestly a piece of work and I believe the jury will see right thru it. Thanks for sharing

[@LatinaLatina1011]

@@Billprivateeyeyou think she will be the same ? After 8 years in a normal day . ? Plus she’s being charged with Murder . She should be bubbly ?

[@kristiediaz1]

Dang, she’s putting on a show. 😮

[@nychic2387]

Pathetic

[@LoriMac17]

Oh my, BIG mistake to get on the stand! She's the worst actress ever! She may have saved the state's case... they didn't do a great job

[@tracy6756]

Thought I was watching amber turd then, I guess Ashley is used to people rushing to her aid but when that didn’t happen it just got awkward….

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

I was also thinking that she must have graduated from the Amber Turd School of Acting.

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

The idea of her testifying was terrible. I wonder if she's a narcissist, thinking that she could do what so many other defendants were smart enough to not do. Narcissistic people think they can get away with anything.

[@tracy6756]

@@cynthiakluck-johnson5895 I agree, I was on the fence for a little bit but I watched how she can go from crying to laughing in 0.5 sec and that’s AT court… something seems off

[@normaboettner9036]

Not buying any of those fake tears

[@Misc-]

Her tears are because she fear prison is near...Rather she experienced DV, or both of them had abusive tendencies... It does NOT justify premeditated Homicide... Justice for the VICTIM...

[@dorindawegwitz293]

What tears?

[@Charlotte-uu5xo]

She's such a lier

[@sandragraham533]

She's so guilty and defense can't accept.

[@angelchrist54]

Her attorney treats her like his (juvenile) daughter!

[@Lotus1170]

Exactly what the therapist is saying. There's so much that plays out in relationships like these. They're not easy. The abuser is always the victim in the abuser's eyes

[@amandas.7143]

6:33:28 a good question for this attorney the defense wants to call would be , “have you had any training in parental alienation?” “are you trained in how to recognize signs of parents alienation?” boom case closed ! GUILTY!! she should be charged w/ 1st degree murder and their should be a charge for parental alienation too! what a pos

[@MrWeepies]

Alan Jackson has set such a high bar(pardon the pun) when it comes to attorneys, everyone else comes up short.

[@donnastark1235]

@@MrWeepies agreed 👍 💯

[@rockerachick]

I know right lol. And Ms. Vázquez from the Depp trial

[@angelchrist54]

Check out Georgia Cappleman, Charlie Adelson trial. She’s VERY good.

[@peggyjohnson2438]

Alan Jackson was an awesome attorney! He has set the bar high !

[@maanmohammad8459]

Because the judge gave him the leeway.This judge wouldn't give him such freedom.But he is definitely a good liar.

[@melissaharding8102]

I don’t believe a word Ashley is saying… She doesn’t care that Doug’s oldest daughter has lost both of her parents thanks to Ashley. I believe Ashley is guilty of killing Doug and is sentenced to life in prison and their daughter is raised by Doug’s family because Ashley’s mother knows everything….

[@bettybg1051]

😂she even threw in that Doug kicked the cat🤣i can't believe this person.

[@brooklynn1422]

@@bettybg1051 but if I recall correctly every text exchange BEFORE he arrived was her putting the cats away!

[@bettybg1051]

@@brooklynn1422 👍

[@PattyKidd-y9r]

It's amazing how she does nothing wrong she doesn't escalate anything things just happen outt of thin air nothing's ever her fault

[@CatinaMKing]

Case of woman wanting a child but not the husband. If im not mistaken, the child did not have his last name. Who's to say she that she didn't put the poison in the tea to look like he did it. The box sat in the garage for days! The box would have the sender, but I understood needing the receipts. It's just a simple mess, and I pray that this family gets justice!!

[@peggyjohnson2438]

I don’t see one tear …… I believe she’s guilty! 😊not a very good actress

[@batlighthouse5082]

Her desription of his ninja stance as she shot him dead was ridiculous. Lock her up.

[@Billy.at.Raccoon]

so he had never even hit her before and she suddenly thought he was going to kill her

[@cdelane3335]

I think their relationship was toxic, but I don't believe he was abusive. I think she had an ideal life in her head and when the ballerina studio failed. She resented Doug, and she wanted him out of her and the baby's life. Like she told the investigator, she would take matters into her own hands. She definitely took it into her hands.

[@Billy.at.Raccoon]

Read between the lines. She was following him around the house throwing a fit because his stuff was mixed in with hers. He had his hands full and bumpered into her a few times while she was following him around throwing a fit.

[@that-hoodieguy9429]

Prosecutor: He never punched you? Ashley’s reply: No A few minutes earlier: he punched me on the left side of my face

[@debsibson7071]

😮

[@Charlotte-uu5xo]

She's such a faker

[@yawninggap2328]

Shame all these streams are ruined by a loose camera cable. Camera person please check or change your cables. :)

[@Dixie11.11]

Justice for Doug and his daughters!!! ❤❤ I wonder if Ashley even let’s their daughter know she has a sister. Or let’s the sister see her at all. Probably not.

[@jbwk2610]

Her exit from the courtroom at the end says it all!

[@nadinedockery-green5192]

Can we stop with the heavy breathing, you’re testifying not running a race

[@leonardwilliams7772]

What's wrong with the old lady ? Everything said, seems to shock the heck out of her.

[@Mixedmacnuts]

The lady is purple? That's a look of disgust for the defendant's victimhood.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Who is the fkn diva in the lavender sweaters in the heat wave of Florida summer? Granny?

[@lilmansmama]

Her terrible acting job embarrassed me 🙄

[@ryanblow5260]

AB that was the worst act ever!! Not one single tear!! You couldn’t even shed one tear for your daughter knowing you killed her loving father! Pure evil!! I pray the jury sees right through you! Please lord let justice be served!

[@rockerachick]

Why does she? Remind me of Amber heard "crying" on the stand?

[@girlfromsouth214]

Because you view trials as a source of entertainment, so you see players in court cases as characters.

[@marta6140]

Because both of them are terrible actresses on the stand. Hope this jury won't believe those fake tears as they did not believe Heard's .

[@rockerachick]

@girlfromsouth214 lol okay... OR... Because this girl looked like Amber Herd crying on the stand haha

[@edrathephoenix]

I found her reading of the texts to be artificial, since on cross she read them as though they were unfamiliar, meaningless and disconnected. Meanwhile during direct her defense attorney took the texts out of context and she reacted to them with intense emotion and familiarity. That gave me great pause.

[@BrookeHays-p6x]

Worst acting job ever! She was playing this poor man and stringing him along and that such a sociopath that she got him into a bedroom and executed him. A true dangerous woman!!

[@LouJones-y6t]

Her mom wanted a grandchild but not a son in law.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

I don't care what that creepy mother desired! Is it any wonder we are here today, yet she has the child? Ashley's dad is a pilot, as the defense wants to exalt, yet where is he? Ashley never had any childhood close to normal! Poor Doug, thought he was going to fk this nightmare into the grave!

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

And begging for the hawk tau!

[@jmgood2870]

@@pamelaunderwood2925 Ashley's father was in her life. Ashley lied that he wasn't. Ray and second wife have 2 daughters and want no part of supporting this psycho murderer.

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Lol! I heard he liked that Viagra too! This relationship is one for the books!

[@pamelaunderwood2925]

Lol!

[@sherrydmyterko-tramp8654]

All that crying n her eyes aren’t red, she cried forever. Over reacted. It was four year ago. Crying yes, but not the way she was. I call guilty.

[@lilyv2884]

I don’t see tears but I could be wrong.

[@cynthiakluck-johnson5895]

You're not

[@Sfoxey]

Aaaah, it all makes sense now. She found the phone with the texts between Doug and Renee. And knew that was her "in" to use to say he abused her in order to try to keep him from his baby. Not excusing anything he said or did to Renee. But when she decided to keep the baby all to herself, we all know she remembered those msgs ans tried to say things happened to her as well. Good thing she's a dancer, bc she definitely can't act 😂

[@myragillespie8552]

Behavior Panel Please!

[@meganmary92]

Why does she act so confused about things she did.. I’m so meek and confused 🫤 ugh.. she pisses me off..

[@Silversoon78910]

She married him 13 days after meeting him because she wanted him to build her a ballet business once the business is failed she threw him away

[@debsibson7071]

🎯

[@laurahardwicke3812]

“It was a blur” … yet I remember ever flipping detail…… I was scared to death (see my quivering voice and body shaking, but don’t look at my dry eyes) 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@ginafabiani5629]

This is going to be super hard for a jury bc I keep going back and forth.

[@workhorse7134]

Good on you. You're one of the rare people not infected by the hate mob who are posting here.

[@mickeyd8273]

@@workhorse7134 its not a hate mob. people are allowed to have opinions and it's very hard to just take her at her word. remember, this is the very 1st time she's talked about this to anyone. multiple hearings & evidence presented & she said nothing all in the effort to concoct her story to try to match the evidence. just bc people don't believe her and think she committed murder, they're haters?

[@livecalm2246]

@@mickeyd8273 But it’s not her word. His prior wife’s text indicates he kicked her hard. He was a serial abuser. Admitted to punching an innocent dog out cold, shooting a gun etc. He texted that he wanted to murder innocent cruise passengers. He was a deranged and dangerous lunatic.

[@mickeyd8273]

@@livecalm2246 according to Tommie Benefield the dog incident didn't happen the way it's been portrayed. he did other stuff but its been dramatized. Doug underwent 3 months of intensive therapy and i don't remember exactly how it was described but afterwards he was judged to not pose a risk at all. their text messages don't indicate any fear on her part. she was playing a role bc she didn't want to share the child. she didn't get her way in Florida so she was going to try Maryland. to me that says she's devious & cunning. there was an injunction hearing & the judge said she couldn't find a scintilla of credibility in Ashley's testimony. go back & watch the stand your ground hearing. you can hear the audio recording of the judge saying it. and after that injunction hearing, Ashley spent 9 months tricking him into thinking they were reconciling.

[@livecalm2246]

@@mickeyd8273 It goes without saying regardless of what a judge stated, anyone who shoots a gun into a ceiling is extremely dangerous. Doug admitted to it and said it was to make her shut up.

[@fan_of_brent_terhune_comedian]

Prosecutors made a big mistake. They never should’ve allowed that attorney Samara Sweet to discuss her opinions on typical abuse victims. She WAS NOT AN EXPERT WITNESS- she can’t testify to that! She was simply a factual witness and has no psychological forensic expertise in that area anyway. I’m shocked the prosecutor made no objections!! That testimony was complete misinformation and layperson knowledge of psychology- never should’ve been allowed on the record.

[@britth5333]

This is not related to the homicide but I just read what they both did concerning the National American Ballet. That was horrible to do to all those ballet dancers.

[@Lemonbonbon]

What did they do?

[@aniello4633]

He financed it because she wanted this ballet company and as soon as she gets pregnant she runs home to mommy and he did his best to keep it running without knowing anything about ballet. He lost all his money in it.

[@angelchrist54]

@@aniello4633- yes. And all of these dancers, who relocated to be a part of this dance company were never paid anything.

[@aniello4633]

@@angelchrist54 Terrible, I remember seeing that on dateline and it’s all her fault. Doug knew nothing about ballet but was trying to keep it going while she ran to mommy’s.

[@delphineivery7246]

​@@aniello4633she was not counting on getting pregnant that quickly after vasectomy! Doctor told her it take awhile for to get pregnant!

[@rogerhagger]

.not a single word of the security that a gun ownership offers. She acts like an innocennt baby while having access to two guns in her bedroom . .

[@edrathephoenix]

And she lived with her daughter in the house while not securing her firearms.

[@loricollicott2408]

Amber Heard ain't got nothing on this Bish!!

[@camillecato-r9m]

She’s playing the victim role very poorly. I hope the jury can really see her.

[@KellyQuinn-eo9qq]

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!! Guilty!!!!!!!!!!!! Look into her history, something isn't right!!!!!!!! R.i p Doug !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@maeculwell]

My thought is she wanted a child ! Didn't need Doug once she was pregnant.

[@meganmary92]

It’s like she’s wearing her mother’s clothes to appear small, homely and frail.. I guess the form fitting clothes and Smokey eye are a thing of the past.