I knoooow Ashley is hated but cmon

This isn't to say I like her character - she's diabolical, weirdly attached (probably why I sympathise somewhat) and overall just waiting for the opportunity to be morally corrupt.

HOWEVER. Austin wasted no time in getting into an emotional affair with Eunice, all Ashley had done was move forward in the dog eat dog world that the rich live in the only way she could see how. This was before she refused to delete any backup videos, before she acted on her suspicions of Eunice, before the dog and the orange juice...

Austin gets sooo many excuses and for what? For staying in a relationship with a morally corrupt person despite not agreeing with her actions, and beginning to emotionally cheat? He definitely had low intelligence, so did Ashley, and he was definitely more of a pushover which Ashley used to her benefit in subtle ways from the start, but people will blame Ashley for things like refusing Josh's help and refusing to delete the video whilst ignoring the fact that Austin refused to leave a relationship he was unhappy in and instead started an emotional (and possibly physical) affair.

Again, Ashley isn't a morally good character by any means, but at least her shitty upbringing and the fact that money changes people can explain SOME of her actions. Austin's actions weren't just people pleasing, they were concrete choices and betrayals made SO early on. All of this propagated Ashley's unhinged behaviour, which he should've been able to predict and avoid (by ending it as soon as he realised he was unhappy) since he was such an expert on the effects of Ashley's parents' divorce on Ashley. Instead, he knowingly hurts an already unravelling person's feelings, and is then confused when he and those around them get to reap the effects of her crazy.