- May 21, 2026
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The murder trial of former Titans scout Blaise Taylor has continued on Monday.
Taylor, 30, is accused of poisoning Jade Benning, who was pregnant with their child. Both the baby and Benning died in early 2023. He is specifically accused of lacing Benning's pink lemonade with cocaine dissolved in alcohol.
On Saturday, one of Taylor's former girlfriends testified that she had been impregnated by Taylor and has chosen to have an abortion. She also said that, after Taylor later impregnated another woman (not Benning), Taylor talked about trying to terminate the latest pregnancy.
"He was Googling things," Apple Dennie testified, via News Channel 9. "He was looking stuff up to figure out how she . . . if there was something you could do to make her have an abortion. And asked me if I could get the abortion pills, and he could make her take them or put it in her drink."
The prosecution rested its case on Saturday. The defense case commenced on Monday. The biggest question for the defense is whether Taylor will waive his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and testify on his own behalf.
Most criminal defendants don't testify, mainly to avoid what would be an aggressive cross-examination that would outweigh the benefit of the defendant giving their side of the story on direct examination.
Taylor, 30, is accused of poisoning Jade Benning, who was pregnant with their child. Both the baby and Benning died in early 2023. He is specifically accused of lacing Benning's pink lemonade with cocaine dissolved in alcohol.
On Saturday, one of Taylor's former girlfriends testified that she had been impregnated by Taylor and has chosen to have an abortion. She also said that, after Taylor later impregnated another woman (not Benning), Taylor talked about trying to terminate the latest pregnancy.
"He was Googling things," Apple Dennie testified, via News Channel 9. "He was looking stuff up to figure out how she . . . if there was something you could do to make her have an abortion. And asked me if I could get the abortion pills, and he could make her take them or put it in her drink."
The prosecution rested its case on Saturday. The defense case commenced on Monday. The biggest question for the defense is whether Taylor will waive his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and testify on his own behalf.
Most criminal defendants don't testify, mainly to avoid what would be an aggressive cross-examination that would outweigh the benefit of the defendant giving their side of the story on direct examination.