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Ex‑Titans Scout Blaise Taylor on Trial Over Alleged Cocaine Poisoning of Pregnant Girlfriend

Prosecutors say toxicology and crime‑scene photos show an oral cocaine dose that led to the death of Jade Benning's fetus and contributed to her death.

Blaise Taylor sitting in a Nashville courtroom during his double-murder trial in June 2026; a pregnant Jade Benning posing with ultrasound photos and a tub of ice cream before her death in February 2023
Blaise Taylor sitting alongside attorney in Nashville courtroom; Jade Benning posing with ultrasound images and tub of ice cream before her death in March 2023; two soft drink containers and water glasses seen on the kitchen island of Jade Benning's Nashville, Tennessee, apartment in crime scene photos
Blaise Taylor seen in mugshot; Jade Benning posing on the floor with ultrasound photos and a tub of ice cream

Overview

  • This week in Nashville jurors heard 911 dispatch audio and testimony reciting Benning’s alleged last words that accused Taylor of spiking her drink.
  • Prosecutors presented crime‑scene photos of soft‑drink bottles and two glasses recovered from Benning’s apartment and tied those items to the drink they say contained cocaine.
  • A medical witness previously testified that the cocaine level in Benning’s blood was so high it could only have come from ingestion rather than snorting or injection.
  • Taylor has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first‑degree murder and two counts of felony murder and faces life without parole if convicted; prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
  • The defense disputes intent, portrays Taylor as an expectant father and points to Benning’s alleged substance history, and the trial is expected to continue with more expert and witness testimony this week.