North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced October 12, 2026 that a judge granted default judgment in his case against Holly Christina Photography and its owners, Holly Christina Scott Ayscue and Christopher Owen Ayscue. Judge Craig Croom ruled on Friday, October 9.
The office sued in February, alleging the defendants misled couples by failing to provide promised wedding photography and videography. The state received 228 consumer complaints about the company since January, with losses of nearly $600,000. In May a judge froze the defendants’ assets, ordered them to stop doing business in North Carolina and told them to deliver all photos and videos within 30 days. The state says they did not comply.
The judgment orders the defendants to turn over all raw and edited photos and videos consumers paid for, and to give the AG a list of the consumers who received them. It orders nearly $600,000 in restitution and more than $1.1 million in civil penalties. It also bars them from photography or videography contracts, from owning or running a business that takes advance deposits for those services, and from transferring assets derived from consumer payments.