After nearly four years, the trial of Ashley Benefield , the former ballerina charged with second-degree murder for shooting her estranged husband Doug, began in the summer of 2024. In the lead-up to the trial, a small group appeared near the courthouse to support Ashley’s claims of self-defense.
Among the supporters was Ashley’s mother Alicia and Ashley and Doug’s 6-year-old daughter Emerson, who stopped to speak to a reporter.
Emerson : It feels like I’m standing up for the right thing and that I’m doing the right thing for her.
Emerson’s public show of support caught the attention of her half-sister, Doug’s daughter Eva Benefield. Eva, known as ” evathefreakindiva ” on TikTok, let her half million followers know just how she felt.
EVA BENEFIELD (On TikTok): So, I think that we should probably stop shoving cameras in 6-year-old’s faces when they have no idea what’s going on …