Ex-Titans scout Blaise Taylor gets consecutive life terms for cocaine poisoning of pregnant girlfriend

A Tennessee Titans helmet is displayed during an introductory press conference for new General Manager Mike Borgonzi at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park in Nashville, Tenn., on Jan.22, 2025.

(Getty Images)A Davidson County judge made sure Taylor will never smell freedom again, slapping him with back-to-back life terms after a jury saw right through his bogus allergic reaction story.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEOn Feb.25, 2023, Taylor was at Benning’s Nashville apartment when he put a fatal dose of cocaine into her pink lemonade.

After she drank it, Taylor called 911 and lied to dispatchers, claiming she was having an allergic reaction.Both Benning and the baby died.The unborn baby girl died two days later, on Feb.

27.A general view of the opening kickoff between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans during their game at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept.7, 2008.

(Getty Images)TEXAS MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING PREGNANT WIFE ALLEGEDLY CUTS OFF ANKLE MONITOR AND FLEES TO ITALYBenning stayed on life support until March 6, 2023, which was her 25th birthday, before she died.Toxicology results went against Taylor's account, showing cocaine in her system and turning the case into a homicide investigation.A Tennessee Titans helmet sits on the turf before an NFL game between the Tennessee Titans and the Indianapolis Colts on Dec.

22, 2024, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)During the 10-day trial in Nashville, prosecutors broke down Taylor's alibi and laid out a clear timeline of the crime.

The jury took less than two hours to convict him on all counts: second-degree murder in Benning's death, first-degree murder for the unborn baby and two counts of felony murder.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Prosecutors quickly pointed out that not a single letter mentioned the victims or showed any remorse.

The judge ordered the two life sentences to ru...