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A Dallas, Texas, pistillate who runs an online concern was sentenced to 10 years successful national situation pursuing her condemnation successful a murder-for-hire plot.
Ashley Grayson, 35, ran an internet-based concern and gained notoriety from her online presence, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office successful the Western District of Tennessee.
Grayson described herself connected her Instagram relationship arsenic a bestseller, eight-figure concern coach, people creator and philanthropist.
In 2021, Grayson had a falling retired with a pistillate from Southaven, Mississippi, who had an online concern akin to her own. This pistillate was the people of the murder-for-hire plot.
Ashley Grayson was sentenced to 10 years successful national situation pursuing her condemnation successful a murder-for-hire plot, according to the DOJ. (iStock)
Grayson believed the pistillate had been creating fake online profiles that criticized her and her business, though the 2 women ne'er met successful person.
Then, successful August 2022, Grayson asked a Memphis woman, whom she had worked with successful the past, to alert to Dallas to sermon a "business opportunity."
The Memphis pistillate and her hubby arrived successful Dallas the pursuing period and met with Grayson and her husband, Joshua.
Grayson offered to wage the Memphis mates to termination the Southaven woman, Grayson’s erstwhile fellow and a Texas pistillate who had precocious made societal media posts criticizing Grayson. She offered to wage astatine slightest $20,000 for each killing.
In 2021, Grayson had a falling retired with a pistillate from Southaven, Mississippi, who had an online concern akin to her ain and who was the people of the murder-for-hire plot. (iStock)
On Sept. 10, 2022, the Memphis pistillate recorded a video telephone successful which Grayson confirmed that she wanted the Southaven pistillate killed arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and adjacent offered an further $5,000 for the sidesplitting to beryllium finished successful the adjacent week.
The Memphis mates aboriginal sent Grayson a representation of constabulary lights from an unrelated incidental successful Memphis to marque it look arsenic if they had unsuccessfully attempted to transportation retired the killings. The mates demanded $10,000, oregon fractional of the promised amount, from Grayson. The Memphis mates past went to Dallas and met with Grayson and her hubby and collected $10,000 from them for the "attempt."
In July 2023, a expansive assemblage successful Tennessee indicted Grayson and her hubby for usage of an interstate installation successful committee of murder-for-hire. The lawsuit went to trial successful March of this year, erstwhile a assemblage recovered Grayson blameworthy but acquitted her husband.
Grayson was sentenced to 120 months successful situation and 3 years of supervised release. (iStock)
Last month, Grayson was sentenced to 120 months successful prison, the maximum condemnation permitted for her crime, and 3 years of supervised release. She volition not beryllium eligible for parole since this was a national case.
"This was a twenty-first period transgression wherever online feuds and senseless rivalries bled into the existent world," Acting U.S. Attorney Reagan Fondren said successful a statement. "The suspect tried to prosecute idiosyncratic to execution a pistillate implicit things that happened exclusively connected the internet."
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"Fortunately, nary 1 was physically wounded successful this case, but the unfortunate and her household inactive felt a terrible and affectional interaction arsenic the effect of the defendant’s actions," the connection continued. "The proactive effect from the investigating agencies and our prosecutors prevented an adjacent much superior transgression from occurring."
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