Erin Benavides died at age 54 in Port Aransas, Texas, and the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a suicide. The timing matters because her name had been tied for years to the 2010 Tony Parker and Eva Longoria divorce fallout.
Port Aransas on October 14, 2026
Benavides was found dead on October 14, 2026, at a home in Port Aransas. Her death was caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the medical examiner’s office, and the full autopsy report was still pending at the time of publication.
She had been known previously as Erin Barry and was the former wife of Brent Barry, a former San Antonio Spurs player and teammate of Tony Parker. Benavides and Brent Barry shared two sons, and their divorce was finalized on January 5, 2011.
November 2010 fallout
In November 2010, reports identified Benavides as the woman allegedly exchanging inappropriate messages with Tony Parker, and Eva Longoria filed for divorce from Parker after three years of marriage. Benavides rejected the allegations, saying, “I DID NOT HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH TONY PARKER, nor did I 'pursue' Tony Parker.”
She had also worked as an assistant district attorney in Texas until August 2026, which places her death just weeks after leaving public service. That makes the news sharper than the old scandal echo: authorities have not established any connection between the 2010 controversy and her death, even as the story drags the Parker-Longoria split back into view.
Erin Barry and Brent Barry
The immediate practical reality is simple: the case remains medically active because the full autopsy report was still pending, but the cause of death has already been ruled a suicide. For readers tracking the old celebrity divorce saga, the only hard fact that changed today is the death itself; the unanswered part is what circumstances led to it on October 14, 2026.
