United States v. Ashley Grayson

Type

Opinion

Author

Chad Andrew Readler

Filed

Aug. 14, 2025

Case

United States v. Ashley Grayson

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0400n.06 Case No. 24-5988 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED ) Aug 14, 2025 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED v. ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ASHLEY GRAYSON, ) TENNESSEE Defendant-Appellant. ) ) OPINION Before: THAPAR, NALBANDIAN, and READLER, Circuit Judges. READLER, Circuit Judge. Ashley Grayson hired a husband-and-wife duo—Olivia Johnson and Brandon Thomas—to kill three people. But, unknown to Grayson, Johnson recorded a video call in which Grayson discussed the murders and turned those recordings over to the authorities. Based on this evidence, a federal jury convicted Grayson of conspiring to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958. She now appeals, challenging her conviction on several grounds. We affirm. I. Ashley Grayson met Olivia Johnson the way many people do in the internet age: online. In this instance, Grayson reached out to Johnson on Facebook. At the time, Grayson was a social media influencer in Dallas who made her name helping people repai…

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