Held responsible for the fire that burned down Roxy's hair salon.
Planted a gun in Dorian Lord's office for $10,000.
Broke into and searched Daniel Colson's room.
Fraud and forgery; created a fake death certificate for TJ Manning.
Accessory (after the fact) to TJ's kidnapping.
Breach of contract; paid by Todd Manning to find out what happened to TJ and he lied about what he'd found, telling Todd TJ was dead.
Brief Character History
Rex Balsom, at a young age, was taken away from his mother, Roxanne, and sent to live in Michigan with his Aunt Connie. With dreams of hitting it rich running through his head, Rex saw his opportunity in 2003 when he was sought out by the wealthy Jessica Buchanan. At this point, Jess learned that she was Roxanne's daughter, and she was anxious to get to know her real family. With dollar signs in his eyes, Rex followed Jess to her home in Llanview. Although Jess later learned that she wasn't Roxanne's daughter, Rex stayed in town with his mother and Natalie, whom he had always viewed as a sister.
Now forced to build a life, Rex got a job at the Palace Hotel where he met Jennifer Rappaport. The two became good friends and even partners in crime, burglarizing rooms at the hotel. Then one day the two impulsively married. However, the marriage was short-lived because of her affair with Joey Buchanan, a minister in training who she was in love with. Although Jen pleaded for a divorce, Rex refused to grant it, until Kevin Buchanan offered him a bribe. Now free, Jen and Joey wed almost immediately after her divorce was finalized, but Jen was not thrilled with the life of a minister's wife. She also wasn't happy to be pregnant, but Joey was thrilled to be a father. When Jen miscarried, she tried to keep the truth from him. He got over the loss, but this only frayed their union even further and Jen slept with Rex. As hard as she tried to keep the tryst a secret, Joey found out. He realized their relationship was beyond repair and he left. The end of her marriage shattered Jen and she took to drinking to cope. Surprisingly, she got support from Rex and they became close again. However, as this was going on, Rex was finding himself very attracted to Jen's mother, and though they tried to fight the attraction they were unsuccessful and began an affair. Later, Jen decided to restore her relationship with Rex, that is until she caught him kissing her own mother!
Rex borrowed money from R.J. to open a restaurant, not realizing that he was putting Ultraviolet on the line. He talked Roxy into setting her hair salon on fire, but the two came to their senses at the last minute. The salon ended up burning down anyway, but Rex lost everything anyway, including Ultraviolet. Rex ended up sentenced to community service after what happened with the hair salon fire, and signed on for the Love Crew, a group of college students living and working together. He still wanted to get Ultraviolet back though. He and Paul Cramer teamed up to do an art heist for R.J., but the heist went sour when Natalie, not wanting to see Rex in trouble, sabotaged it for him. R.J. was furious, but good fortune came Rex's way when he and Shannon found a missing Asa Buchanan, and Asa paid them a healthy reward. Rex was halfway to getting Ultraviolet back. Once he realized that R.J. was responsible for trying to sabotage the Love Center, he blackmailed him into giving the club back to him.
After Paul stole a tape of Rex and Lindsay having sex and posted it on the Internet, Rex was furious. Shortly after, Paul ended up dead. Rex believed that Jen was the murderer, and was determined to protect her at all costs, even burying what he believed was the murder weapon and, later, planting a gun in Dorian's office after getting a mysterious request which included $10,000. Jen finally convinced Rex that she was, indeed, innocent of Paul's murder, and when it seemed as though her boyfriend Riley wasn't as sure of her innocence, Rex found himself getting closer to Jen. He was working with Bo Buchanan to prove her innocence and believed he had finally found the information he needed, only to find Jen's body in her car in the parking garage. Rex was devastated by her death, which was initially believed a suicide, but soon became determined to find the person he realized had killed her and set up the scene. Rex helped Bo identify Daniel Colson as the murderer, and played a huge role in finding out that Daniel's motivation was to hide the fact that he was gay. After Daniel was put away, Rex felt at loose ends, but realized he really liked working with Bo, and began asking the commissioner to let him in.
Bo offered Rex a place at the Llanview PD but Rex decided to become a private investigator instead. He started his work by helping Bo find Margaret and Jessica/Tess. Todd hired Rex in hopes to clear himself of Margaret's murder. Rex found out that Todd's alibi was fabricated and ended up getting arrested for his involvement with Todd. Bo also asked Rex to help him track down Paige's son that was put up for adoption years ago. Rex also helped Bo set up a trap for Spencer Truman, making their bond stronger.
During this time, Rex and Adriana Cramer started to become friends. Rex helped Adriana get her foot in the modeling agency by setting up a photo shoot with her as the cover model for "Craze" magazine. Adriana's mother, Dorian, didn't approve of her daughter's relationship with Rex and framed Rex for possession of heroin in order to keep Adriana away from him. Luckily for Rex, this didn't work and the couple continued to grow closer. With Adriana's growing fame, she started to feel threatened by a man who was stalking her. Rex used his PI skills to find more information on Adriana's stalker but Adriana became suspicious that Rex is, in fact, her stalker! She tried to get away from him at any cost and put herself in worse danger. Rex ended up saving Adriana… but not before getting shot in the process. Rex and Adriana became an official couple after this incident.
Rex and Natalie were asked by Michael and Marcie to become their adoptive son, Tommy McBain's, godparents. Rex was honored and strived to be the best godparent for Tommy. Feeling on the top of the world, Rex took two new jobs. One of them was finding Todd and Margaret's son and the other was finding Tommy's birth parents for Michael and Marcie. He found out that Tommy was really Todd's biological son and proceeded to hide it from both the adoptive parents and biological father. Rex's strange behavior gave him away to Michael and he ended up admitting to him that Tommy was Todd's son. Michael and Rex decided to keep the secret between the two of them and eventually even get arrested for their strange behavior regarding Spencer Truman's murder. Both men were brought in for questioning for the murder and both suspected the other did the deed. Luckily, they were both innocent and were able to hide the truth from John during his questioning. Rex then knew he had to hide the truth from Todd because Todd was hell bent on finding his son. He even followed him all the way to Chicago to foil Todd's investigation.
Tate Harmon, the famous baseball player, came to town and became the new face for Exposed. Rex immediate became jealous of Tate's interest in Adriana and knew that something was shady with Tate and tried to figure things out himself. Using some sloppy PI work, Rex announced on live TV that Tate Harmon was gay. This caused a rift between him and Adriana and eventually caused them to break up. Adriana continued to see Tate as a friend but Rex continued to want to protect her. Tate ended up being the One Pure People arsonist in Llanview and threatened both Rex and Adriana's lives. Once Adriana realized that Rex was right about Tate, they got back together.
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