Disney has announced details on a new “20/20” documentary called “The Pointe Of No Return”, which features Ashley Benefield telling her story in an exclusive interview with Deborah Roberts.

In 2016, the once aspiring ballerina Ashley Benefield met her husband Doug, a Navy veteran and businessman, in Palm Beach, Florida. The two began a whirlwind romance and married just 13 days after meeting for the first time. While the couple set out to revolutionize the dance world with the creation of the American National Ballet, their dreams quickly unraveled when adequate funding for the company failed to materialize.

Over the next three years, the couple’s tumultuous relationship would also fall apart, and in September 2020, Ashley shot Doug in her Florida home. She claimed self-defense, alleging years of domestic abuse and invoked Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law. Doug’s family and friends, however, painted a different picture, accusing Ashley of manipulation and deception and refuting the claims of domestic abuse. The case would draw national attention with Ashley being called a “Black Swan”—some seeing her as a woman who concealed her true nature behind a facade of grace and beauty, ultimately leading to Doug’s untimely death and others seeing her as an alleged victim of domestic violence who was trying to protect herself.

In an exclusive interview, Benefield breaks her silence, sitting down with co-anchor Deborah Roberts to provide shocking details of the events leading up to the shooting and the continued legal battles she faces over Doug’s killing.

The “20/20” episode includes interviews with Ashley’s mother, Alicia Byers; Doug’s daughter, Eva Benefield; assistant state attorneys Suzanne O’Donnell and Rebecca Freel; Ashley’s defense attorney, Neil Taylor; former American National Ballet principal dancer Sara Murawski; Doug’s cousin Tommie Benefield; and family attorney Stephanie Murphy.

This episode of “20/20” will air on Friday 13th September 2024 at 9:01-11:00 p.m. EDT, on ABC and it will be available to stream the next day on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+.  Many of the previous “20/20” documentaries are also available to stream now on Hulu and Hulu On Disney+.

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Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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