Texas prosecutor, child advocate who was accused of emotional affair with Eva Longorias ex Tony Parker dies by suicide
A glamorous, hard-nosed Texas prosecutor who was accused of having an “emotional affair” with NBA Hall of Famer Tony Parker while he was married to Eva Longoria has died by suicide.Erin Marie Benavides, 54, who was previously married to San Antonio Spurs star Brent Barry, was found dead in her Port Aransas home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Oct.14 after her husband’s friend called police about an alarming text she had sent, the Uvalde Leader-News first reported.Benavides made national headlines in 2010 when Barry divorced her, alleging she had an “emotional affair” with Parker, a six-time All-Star and his teammate on the Spurs from 2004 to 2008.She worked as an assistant district attorney in Texas’ 38th Judicial District, which includes Uvalde and Real counties, with its anti-gang and border prosecution unit from January 2023 through August 2026, when she resigned.She appeared to be living alone and was unemployed, according to Port Aransas police, who discovered journals in the home that indicated she was actively looking for a new job.Benavides’ husband, Pablo “Paul” Benavides, lives in San Antonio and owns the home where she was discovered, according to the Leader-News.In addition to her legal work, she was also a passionate advocate for children.From 2020 to 2022, Benavides served as president and CEO of the Youth Center of Texas, which provides crisis intervention and case management for child sex-trafficking victims, according to the San Antonio Express.Yolanda Valenzuela, executive director of Kym’s Angels Foundation, also remembered Benavides for her child-welfare work with the the Bexar County Child Welfare Board.She helped with its mass-adoption ceremonies and Christmas fundraiser, which provided gifts to local foster children.She was previously married to Barry from 1998 to 2010 before Longoria claimed she discovered hundreds of texts from Benavides on Parker’s phone.The actress told Extra in an interview that Parker had ...