Ashley sabotaged Diane's plan for revenge against Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) after he divorced Diane and married Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott). Diane was upset and stole Victor's sperm sample, where she planned on getting herself pregnant with his child. Unbeknownst to her, Ashley had switched Victor's sperm sample with Jack's and impregnated herself with Victor's sperm. Ashley gave birth to her daughter Abby (then-Darcy Rose Barnes) after marrying Brad Carlton (Don Diamont), and Diane gave birth to her son Kyle (Garrett Ryan).
Upon finding out that Kyle was his son, Jack started a brutal custody battle, but Diane won out and left town with her son. As for Ashley, she was happily married to Brad, but when the truth came out that Abby was Victor's daughter, they divorced. Before Diane left Genoa City, she asked Ashley for money to get her out of town, but Ashley refused and Diane left anyway.
