Online Business Woman Who Paid to Murder Three People Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison

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Dallas online business owner and influencer Ashley Grayson was sentenced to ten years in prison for a murder-for-hire plot against three individuals. On Instagram, the 35-year-old influencer refers to herself as (formerly known as Ashley Massengill) and a (best-seller, eight-figure business coach, public figure, philanthropist, and course creator).

According to Fox4, Grayson offered to pay a couple $20,000 to kill her business rival in Mississippi, $20,000 to kill her ex-boyfriend, and $20,000 to kill someone in Texas who made negative comments about her online.

According to Dallas' Fox4, federal prosecutors said, "In 2021, she had a falling out with a woman from Mississippi who ran a similar business, even though the two had never met in person. That's when Grayson contacted a friend in Memphis and asked her to fly to Dallas to discuss a "business opportunity." The Memphis woman and her husband traveled to Dallas in September of 2022 to meet with Grayson and her husband. Grayson asked the couple to kill three people – her business rival in Mississippi, her ex-boyfriend, and a Texas woman who had made negative comments about her online. She offered to pay them $20,000 for each murder, prosecutors said."

The Memphis couple reportedly agreed to execute the three individuals, but instead, they turned over evidence to the police, which included a video of Grayson saying she'd pay them an extra $5,000 to kill the Mississippi woman as soon as possible. (The story continues after the video below).

While collecting more evidence against the 35-year-old, the Memphis couple convinced Grayson that they failed to murder one of the targets. Grayson gave them a payment for trying to execute the crime.  

The influencer and her husband stood trial in Memphis—her spouse was eventually acquitted. However, Grayson received the maximum sentence of ten years in federal prison for all three crimes.

US Attorney Reagan Fondren stated, "This was a 21st-century crime in which online feuds and senseless rivalries bled into the real world."

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