A Manatee County judge denied bond for Ashley Benefield as the former professional ballerina appeals her manslaughter ...

A Manatee County judge issued his ruling two weeks after Benefield appeared in court fighting for her release.

Manatee Judge Matt Whyte denied Ashley Benefield's bond based on insufficient community ties and a concern the former ...

Ashley Benefield was back in court this month, just a few months after a jury handed down the guilty verdict in December.

During the hearing, the state argued that Ashley Benefield is a flight risk, and with a 20-year sentence, the stakes are greater compared to her pretrial release where she was found to be in ...

Former ballerina Ashley Benefield will not ... judge denied her motion on Thursday. Benefield, 33, filed the motion after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of her ...

A judge denied bond for Ashley Benefield weeks after she appeared in court for a bond hearing. The former ballerina is serving a 20-year prison sentence for manslaughter in the shooting death of her ...