A Texas woman has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison over a murder-for-hire targeting three different people, including an online rival.
Ashley Grayson, 35, a self-described “best seller, eight-figure business coach, course creator, and philanthropist” from Dallas, made an apparent living teaching other aspiring influencers how to turn their skills into online courses. According to Fox 4 News , she once claimed to have made $1 million in just 40 minutes.
However, in 2021, Grayson ran afoul of a woman from Mississippi who ran a similar online business. And although the two women never met in person, Grayson suspected the other woman of harassing her with fake online profiles to criticize her and her business.
Per a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Grayson approached a Memphis woman in August 2022 whom she had previously worked with, and asked her and her husband to fly to Dallas for a so-called “business opportunity.” The following month, the couple met with Grayson and her husband, who offered them $20,000 each for the killing of the rival as well as a former boyfriend and another woman who said negative things about her online.