# Former Texas prosecutor Erin Marie Benavides dies aged 54

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/district-attorney-whos-ex-husband-is-nba-player-dies-by-suicide-at-her-texas-home/
- Published: 2026-11-02T15:39:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T15:47:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16258653/Erin-Benavides-Barry-suicide-Texas-NBA.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Basketball, Sport, World

## Key points

- Erin Marie Benavides died at her Port Aransas home aged 54.
- Police are investigating after responding to a welfare concern.
- She had worked on human smuggling cases in Texas.

## Summary

Former Texas assistant district attorney Erin Marie Benavides, 54, died at her home in Port Aransas on 14 October. Police said officers responding to a welfare concern found what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound; an investigation is under way.

Benavides worked in the 48th Judicial District Attorney’s Office from January 2023 to August 2026, mainly on human smuggling cases. She also drew national attention in 2010 when her marriage to former NBA player Brent Barry ended amid allegations of an emotional affair with his then-teammate Tony Parker; the article says the allegations centred on text messages and that no physical affair was reported.

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