ASHLEY MARIN

Ashley Marin (Laura Leighton) is Hanna's workaholic mother, who is raising her daughter on her own. Abandoned by Hanna's father, Ashley recognizes Hanna's wild behavior as a cry for attention. Warning her daughter that any indiscretion in their small town can humiliate them, Ashley avoids Hanna being charged for shoplifting by sleeping with the arresting officer. Even though Hanna's father and she are no longer together, Ashley longs to get him back. When Ashley finds that she and Hanna are in debt she steals money from a client at the bank she works for telling Hanna that she is going to replace it by the end of the year; the money is later stolen by "A" at a party at Hanna's house thrown by Mona. Ashley ends up sleeping with her ex-husband Tom after he shows up in Rosewood to spend time with their daughter. Ashley ends her affair with Tom because she believes he hasn't changed and Hanna ends up being angry with her. Hanna wants Tom and Ashley back together.