▁her ▁soci ally . ▁E pp erson , ▁who ▁played ▁Ash ley ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁was ▁uncertain ▁of ▁Ash ley ▁and ▁Brad ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁get ▁married . ▁ ▁David son ▁op ined ▁that ▁a ▁story line ▁in ▁which ▁Victor ' s ▁son ▁Adam ▁New man ▁( Michael ▁Mu h ney ) ▁gas light ed ▁a ▁pre gn ant ▁Ash ley ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁was ▁pay back ▁for ▁Ash ley ▁ste aling ▁Victor ' s ▁s perm ▁years ▁ago ▁to ▁conce ive ▁Abb y . ▁She ▁stated : ▁" I ▁think ▁the ▁character ▁really ▁suffered ▁after ▁she ▁st ole ▁Victor ’ s ▁s perm ▁from ▁D iane ▁[...] ▁After ▁that , ▁the ▁view ers ▁lost ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁respect ▁for ▁Ash ley . ▁People ▁wanted ▁Ash ley ▁to ▁pay ▁for ▁it . ▁My ▁opinion ? ▁Although ▁last ▁summer ’ s ▁gas light ing ▁story line ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁prop el ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁other ▁stories , ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁about ▁making ▁Ash ley ▁pay . ▁Now ▁we ▁can ▁close ▁that ▁entire ▁chapter ▁because ▁Ash ley ▁paid . ▁It ▁was ▁Ash ley ’ s ▁re dem ption ". ▁Ar ound ▁this ▁story ▁arc , ▁Tommy ▁Gar rett ▁of ▁C any on ▁News ▁described ▁Ash ley ▁as ▁a ▁" d ams el ▁in ▁dist ress ", ▁stating ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁a ▁" tw isted ▁mind " ▁due ▁to ▁suffering ▁a ▁h yst er ical ▁pre gn ancy ▁after ▁losing ▁her ▁un born ▁child ▁at ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁Adam . ▁