Téa Delgado
Actor History
Florencia Lozano (January 1997 to March 2, 2000; 2002; December 5, 2008 to Present)
Occupation
Lawyer
Resides At
Llanview, Pennsylvania
Marital Status
Married to Ross Rayburn (2002 to present)
Past Marriages
Todd Manning (Married: July 15, 1997; Divorced 1998)
Todd Manning (Married: 1998; Annuled 1999)
Ross Rayburn (Married: 2002 to present)
Todd Manning (Married Sep 29, 2009; invalid)
Relatives
Leon Delgado (father; deceased)
Anna Delgado (mother)
Anna Rosa Delgado (sister; deceased)
Jose Delgado (brother)
Maria Delgado (grandmother)
Delmonico Delgado (cousin)
Enrique Delgado (cousin)
Roseanne Delgado (niece)
Children
Danielle Rayburn (with Todd)
Flings & Affairs
R.J. Gannon
John Sykes
Andrew Carpenter
Kevin Buchanan
Ross Rayburn (kissed)
Crimes Committed
Bigamy; married Todd Manning in 2009 while married to Ross Rayburn, although she thought she was divorced
Maladies & Hospitalizations
Fell out of window during argument with Blair Cramer [1997]
Hospitalized after gas explosion at KAD fraternity house [2009]
Brief Character History
Attorney Téa Delgado came to Llanview in 1997 at the request of Carlotta Vega to represent Carlotta'sson, Antonio Vega, who had been charged with killing Carlo Hesser. Téa started a relationship with Kevin Buchanan and, after Antonio was cleared of the charges, Téa tried to get a job with district attorney Nora Buchanan. Nora refused to hire her, so to show Nora what a great attorney she was, Téa got Antonio's previous murder conviction overturned. Todd Manning then hired her to defend Alex Olanov, and Téa got Alex off without any jail time. Téa's relationship with Kevin ended when he got together with Cassie, and Téa moved into an apartment with Nora's daughter Rachel Gannon.
Fearing that his ex-wife, Blair Cramer, will win custody of his daughter Starr, Todd offered Téa five million dollars to marry him and be his lawyer in the custody battle. Téa, never having had much money in the past, agreed to the arrangement. Téa got Todd full custody of Starr after Blair was injured and lapsed into a coma. Téa gradually developed feelings for Todd, but Todd pushed her away and into the arms of Andrew Carpenter. Téa asked Todd for a divorce, but Todd refused and convinced her to agree to a four-week trial reconciliation. Todd proposed to Téa and she agreed to marry him, for real this time.
Unfortunately, Todd became a suspect in the murder of Georgie Phillips and held everyone hostage at the Buchanan Lodge to get the murderer to confess. After Rachel confessed to the murder, Todd took off to avoid the police and Téa followed him. Todd grabed Téa, took her to the garden shed at Llanfair and hit her. Téa turned the tables, knocking Todd out with a shovel, and had him arrested. Téa was determined to be free of Todd and live her own life, but then Todd appeared to have developed split personalities. Téa was torn between her desire to help Todd and not get pulled into the relationship again. In the end, Todd won and they did get married in a very strange ceremony where Todd arose from a coffin. But they didn't even get to their honeymoon, as Starr had found a tape of Todd confessing that he had faked the multiple personalities and unintentionally played it at the wedding reception. Todd quickly left town, leaving Téa behind.
Téa next got involved with John Sykes, but their relationship didn't last very long and soon she started seeing R.J. Gannon. Bad things started happening to R.J. There was a gas leak, a bomb threat and then someone shot him. R.J. was fine, thanks to a bullet proof vest. The guilty party turned out to be Todd, who was jealous of his ex-wife's relationship. Todd had his daughter Starr give Téa a note to meet him in Viki's mountain cabin. Once she was there, Todd convinced her to leave town and run away with him right then. After a few months, Todd returned to Llanview without Téa, explaining that she had left him..
Two years later, Téa returned to town for a brief visit. She visited Todd, and it was evident that Todd was still hurt by her having left him. Todd next ran into Téa in Hawaii. Blair and Sam Rappaport had secretly gone to Hawaii with Manning kids Starr and Jack, but Blair's bodyguards tipped Todd off and he followed them there. Téa warned Blair about Todd's plan to kidnap the kids, allowing Blair and the children to safely return to Llanview. Todd's plan to kidnap his children having gone awry, he ended up shipwrecked on a deserted island with Téa and Ross Rayburn, a man Todd had hired to help him with the kidnapping. Todd and Ross both vied for Téa's affections. After Todd spied Téa kissing Ross, he decided to leave the island alone. As he prepared to depart, Téa showed up and told Todd that she was in love with him and always had been. A wave of emotions came over Todd and he admitted to Téa that he wanted to be with her, too. The two then made love for the first time. Afterwards, however, Téa discovered that Todd still had a picture of Blair and painfully realized that he was still in love with Blair, despite having earlier sworn that he was through with her. Though hurt by this realization, Téa gave her blessing for Todd to romantically reunite with Blair. Desperate to get home to his family, Todd risked his life by getting on a make shift raft and rowing out into sea. He washed up on a beach in Guam, and from there made his way back to Llanview. Téa and Ross were later rescued.
Six years later, in December 2008, Téa returned to Llanview after Todd found himself in jail for keeping Marty captive in his house for the past six months. Todd initially resisted Téa's efforts to help him, saying he deserved to go to jail for what he had done to Marty. But Téa ultimately convinced Todd to let her represent him in court, arguing that if Todd really had changed with Marty's help, then he should fight for his freedom. Téa managed to get the charges related to Marty dropped, successfully arguing that Todd had exercised poor judgment but had not held Marty against her will nor had he raped her. But then Todd faced new charges when Starr told everyone that Todd had planned to steal her baby. Awaiting trial for those charges, Marty lured Todd to the Palace Hotel on New Year's Eve and convinced him to jump from the roof to make it up to her for what he had done. Todd jumped but landed in the river below. John jumped in the water and retrieved Todd, and Blair revived him, much to Marty's disgust.
Todd told Téa not to cross-examine Starr on the stand, so she went to Starr and told her that her father had tried to commit suicide because he was in anguish over his role in her baby's death. Faced with this news, and after getting pressure from her brother Jack not to send their father away to prison, Starr shocked everyone on the stand when she recanted her earlier statements and lied that Todd had never told her he planned to steal her baby. Téa then had Todd publish a front-page story in The Sun revealing the true identity of Janet Ketring, who was in a safehouse awaiting to testify against Todd. Janet escaped from the safehouse but ended up dead at Todd's house, stabbed in the heart with a knife from Todd's kitchen. Téa walked into the house and found Todd holding the knife and lying beside the body. Worried that the cops would pin the murder on Todd, Téa told the cops that she had killed Janet in self-defense. Without Janet or Starr's testimony, the charges against Todd were dismissed. But Todd was forced to admit to everyone what he had done to Starr and Marty when Nora threatened to bring up Starr on perjury charges.
Todd's case consumed most of Téa's time since she had returned to Llanview, but in fact Téa had another reason for returning. For the past year, she had been representing Ray Montez in his efforts to get released from a Columbia jail, where he was serving a life sentence for murdering his first wife. Ray maintained his innocence and claimed that his second wife, Vanessa, had killed his wife and had convinced his daughter to testify against him. Ray had escaped from jail in the fall of 2008 and come to Llanview as part of scheme concocted by Clint Buchanan to win back control of Buchanan Enterprises from Dorian Lord, but in the process he ended up getting shot by Vanessa and sent back to Columbia. Vanessa, meanwhile, who had been brought to Llanview by Cristian Vega, found herself at risk of being deported back to Columbia, along with Ray's teenage daughter Lola. Téa, a lifelong friend of the Vegas, subtlely convinced Cristian to marry Vanessa so she could stay in the country. Téa, meanwhile, got close to Lola and got her to admit to Téa that she wasn't sure that her father had killed her mother. Lola said Vanessa led her to find the knife that had killed her mother, hidden inside a jewelry box, and convinced her that her father must have planted it there. Téa was getting closer to getting the proof she needed against Vanessa, but Ray got impatient and busted out of the Columbia prison again and made his way to Llanview. He broke into Cristian's loft, knocked Cristian out and cornered Vanessa upstairs. Armed with a knife, Ray threatened to do to her what she had done to his first wife. Cristian came to, however, and a fight ensued between Ray and Cristian. Téa, who had just been told of Ray's escape by authorities, showed up at the loft with Lola just in time. Cristian was shocked to learn Téa had been representing Ray this whole time, but was even more shocked when Vanessa admitted that she had married Ray for his money and had framed Ray for his wife's murder. But Vanessa said she hadn't killed Ray's wife. The authorities arrived and put both Ray and Vanessa in jail. Ray's conviction for murdering his first wife was overturned, and Vanessa was sent back to Columbia. The Vegas, meanwhile, were livid at Téa for using them.
In February 2009, Téa convinced Todd to take her to the Go Red Ball so she could try to get information on Wes Granger, a former Navy SEAL who had a connection to Janet Ketring. Marty had dragged Wes to the ball and proceeded to get drunk and make a scene in front of everyone. The event devolved into a drunken free-for-all, with Todd and Wes exchanging blows and Téa punching Marty after Marty egged her on. Wes held a knife to Todd's throat before officers broke it up. The next morning, everyone was shocked to discover Wes had been stabbed to death, and Marty was arrested on suspicion of killing him, although she was soon released. After having an argument with Blair over the phone about not being able to see his children, Todd went to Dorian's home and found Blair stabbed repeatedly and clinging to life. Dorian, who had found Blair's body moments before Todd walked in, accused Todd of doing the crime. While Todd was being held in jail, Téa showed up and told Todd that she was dropping him as a client because she wasn't sure of his innocence. But the real reason was that Téa was still in love with Todd, and was trying to cut him out of her life. Téa agreed to represent Marty's son Cole, who was facing felony charges for driving while high and paralyzing Matthew Buchanan, although Nora decided to drop the charges. She also went on a date with her old client Ray Montez, but Ray was more interested in Dorian Lord.
After Todd was released from jail, he went to court to get custody of his children because Blair was in the hospital. Dorian hired Téa to represent Blair, and Téa shocked Todd by showing up in court and announcing that the children would be well cared for by their new step-father: John McBain! Although Todd told the judge that the marriage was a sham, the court agreed to give John custody of the children. Todd was livid with Téa, and soon figured out that she was doing all of this because she was still in love with him. Todd said he would give himself to Téa in exchange for her going to court and admitting that Blair and John's marriage was a sham. Téa let Todd believe she would do it, and Todd complied by making love to her. But then Téa turned the tables on Todd and said she would never risk her career by admitting she perpetuated a fraud on the court. Todd was furious at being duped but continued to flirt with Téa, who agreed to go out on a date with RJ Gannon to make Todd jealous. After John was arrested for killing police officer Talia Sahid and stabbing Blair, he escaped from jail and went on the run with Marty. Todd scheduled another court appearance to regain custody of his kids. He distracted Téa by having sex with her in the courtroom and again in her hotel room, and Todd finally managed to win back his children. Todd, Blair and Téa were all at Todd's house when they received invitations to a "spring fling reunion" and promptly collapsed from the laced invitations. They woke up along with Marty at the KAD house, where Powell Lord had reconstructed the room in which Marty was raped in a twisted attempt to make Todd pay for his crimes. When Powell urged one of the women to kill Todd to give even with him for all of his past crimes, Téa said she would do it. But when Téa tried to kill Powell instead, Powell locked her and Blair downstairs in the boiler room and turned on the gas. As Téa and Blair prepared to die, Téa admitted to Blair that Todd was the love of her life, and Blair said Todd was the love of her life too. Téa told Blair that she had been keeping a secret and prepared to tell Blair, so she could do something with it after she was gone, but Téa passed out before she could say anything to Blair. After they were rescued, both women called a brief truce and agreed not to say anything about what they had shared in the boiler room.
After Blair took Todd back to court, however, Téa forced Blair to admit that she had confessed that Todd was the love of her life. Blair turned the tables on Téa and revealed that Téa had said the same thing, and that she was keeping some keep dark secret. Todd was overjoyed to hear that both women loved him and tried to forge a real relationship with Téa. He even invited Téa to stay at his place while he was court-ordered to stay with Blair and the children at La Boulaie. But Blair was jealous of Téa and threw herself at Todd, and the two ended up having sex in the cabana beside Dorian's pool. When Téa walked in and saw them in the act, she became livid and tearfully told Todd that she was out of his life for good. But Todd begged her to forgive him and even invited her to move in with him at Dorian's house, an offer that Téa refused. But Todd was persistent and began to woo Téa with kind jestures, such as organizing a private concert for her on the roof of the Palace Hotel. Téa finally had Todd all to herself, but then an attorney named Elijah Clark came to town and threatened to expose the secret that Téa had been hiding. The usually unflappable Téa was shaken by Elijah's arrival. Téa knew that Elijah was working for Ross Rayburn, the man she had been marooned on the deserted island with all those years ago, and told Elijah that she refused to give into Ross' blackmail demands and give him what he thinks she took from him.
Téa was caught off guard when Todd proposed marriage to her, saying she needed more time to think it over. What Téa didn't tell Todd was that she couldn't marry him, because she was already married to Ross. Téa phoned Ross, who was in Tahiti, and begged him to grant her a divorce so she could move on with her life and marry Todd. Little did Téa know that Blair was with Ross, having tracked him down and learned about the marriage. Téa was relieved when Ross agreed to the divorce and quickly signed the papers that were delivered to her by Elijah. As their wedding day approached, Téa struggled to tell Todd the truth about her past marriage so there would be no secrets between them, but Todd told her that the past was behind them. Téa and Todd were married on Sept. 29, 2009. But the next day, Téa arrived at Todd's to discover that Blair had told him about her secret marriage. Todd was furious that Téa didn't confide in him and didn't care to hear Téa's explanation that she thought she was divorced. The next day, Téa showed up at La Boulaie and confronted Blair, who turned the tables on Téa and got her to admit that there was another secret she was keeping: that she had given birth to Todd's child! As Blair went to tell Todd, Téa grabbed her and they got into a struggle, which resulted in Blair toppling out of the second-story window and onto the ground below. Blair's injuries were minor, but she had no memory of what Téa had told her before the fall.
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