‘People Do Deplorable Things’: Ashley Grayson’s Sentencing Delayed Once Again As Husband Suffers the Wrath of Critics Following Cryptic Post Calling Out ‘Black People’

The sentencing date for a former online course coach and popular social media figure who was convicted of a murder-for-hire scheme has been pushed back once again to October. Ashley Grayson was found guilty in federal court in March for one count of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire. Social media influencer and entrepreneur Ashley Massengill Grayson was found guilty in federal court of hiring a contract killer to murder someone. (Photo: Instagram/@itsashely_graysona) Grayson and her husband, Joshua, were criminally indicted last summer for the plot. Prosecutors alleged that the Mississippi-based couple contacted a contract killer in Tennessee between August and September 2022 and paid that individual to murder a person identified in the federal indictment as “D.H.” That individual was not harmed. While Ashley Grayson was found guilty, her husband Joshua was acquitted. Grayson earned widespread popularity after reportedly making $1 million less than an hour after launching her online business, Digital Course Recipe, in 2021, through which she taught people to turn their passions into a profitable online course. What furthered her online stardom was a lavish proposal to Joshua Grayson, which featured a performance from R&B singer Monica on a rented...