Todd Manning
Actor History
Roger Howarth (1993 to 1995, 1996 to 1998, June 2000 to March 14, 2003)
Trevor St. John (May 2003 to Present)
Lifeline
Executed and declared dead before being revived [May 29, 2006]
Occupation
Owner and publisher of The Sun newspaper
Former editor of The Banner
Resides At
437 Jackson Hill Road, Llanview, PA
Formerly Dorian's home La Boulaie, located on Lincoln Street in Llanview, PA
Formerly penthouse at 17th Corinth St., Llanview, PA
Marital Status
Single/Divorced (Blair Cramer) [Married: Sep 28, 2007; Divorced: Jul 2, 2008]
Past Marriages
Blair Cramer (February 1995 to August 1995; annulled)
Blair Cramer (November 1995 to June 1997; divorced)
Téa Delgado (July 15, 1997 to 1998; divorced)
Téa Delgado (1998; divorced)
Blair Cramer (December 2001 to September 2002; divorced)
Blair Cramer (November 2003 to January 2004; annulled)
Blair Cramer (Sep 28, 2007 to July 2, 2008; divorced)
Téa Delgado (married Sept. 29, 2009, invalid)
Relatives
Victor Lord (father; deceased)
Irene Manning (mother; deceased)
Peter Manning (father; via adoption; deceased) (uncle)
Barbara 'Bitsy' Jones (mother; via adoption)
Tina Clayton Lord (cousin; via adoption) (sister)
Tony Lord Davidson (paternal half-brother; deceased)
Victoria Lord (half-sister)
Meredith Lord Wolek (paternal half-sister; deceased)
Powell Lord Sr. (paternal uncle; deceased)
Gwendolyn Lord (paternal aunt; deceased)
C.J. Roberts (nephew)
Sarah Roberts (niece)
Powell Lord II (paternal cousin)
Powell Lord, III (paternal first cousin)
Richard Abbott (paternal cousin)
Brian Kendall (paternal half-nephew; deceased)
Megan Gordon (half-niece; deceased)
Kevin Buchanan Sr. (half-nephew)
Joseph Buchanan (half-nephew)
Jessica Buchanan (half-niece)
Natalie Buchanan (half-niece)
Daniel Wolek (paternal half-nephew)
Duke Buchanan (paternal great-half-nephew; deceased)
Kevin Buchanan Jr. (paternal great-half-nephew; deceased)
Megan Buchanan (paternal great-half-niece; deceased)
Brennan "Bree" Buchanan (paternal great-half-niece)
Zane Buchanan (great-great-half-nephew)
Children
Unborn Child (with Blair; miscarried in 1995)
Starr Manning (daughter; with Blair; born 1996)
Jack Cramer Manning (son; with Blair; born 2001)
Danielle Rayburn (with Téa)
Sam Manning (son; with Margaret; born 2006)
Hope Manning Thornhart (granddaughter, via Starr; born November 2008)
Flings & Affairs
Carol Swift (he raped her)
Marty Saybrooke (one-night stand; he later raped her)
Rebecca Lewis
Margaret Cochran (she raped him)
Evangeline Williamson
Téa Delgado
Crimes Committed
Raped Carol Swift [pre-1993]
Raped Marty Saybrooke [March 1993]
Tried to rape Marty again (outside Rodi's, Luna hit him with a lead pipe to protect Marty and that's how he got his scar) [1993]
Escaped from prison [October 2003]
Terrorized Nora in a beach house when Nora was blind [December 1993]
Caused Suede Pruitt's death by pushing him and causing Suede to hit his head [1994]
Kidnapped Rebecca Lewis [1994]
Kidnapped baby Starr after resurfacing from Ireland [1996]
Killed Guy Armitage by blowing up his yacht [1997]
Tried to frame Patrick for the bombing [1997]
Held 14 people hostage in the Buchanan lodge to find out who killed Georgie Phillips [1998]
Faked dissociative identity disorder to avoid prosecution
Shot R.J. Gannon
Helped Blair hide the fact that she shot Max
Gave away his son Jack when he thought it wasn't his and told Blair the baby had died [2001]
Faked the death of Starr's nanny Suzanne
Set a bomb at the police station and tried to steal evidence
Accused of raping Blair on New Year's Eve; sentenced to 10 years in prison (found innocent and released)
Falsely convicted of killing Margaret Cochran and their unborn son [2006]
Beats up Cole Thornhart after discovering him in bed with Starr [Mar 2008]
Found Marty, who was believed dead, and kept her in his home [Jun 2008]
Bribed Starr's obstetrician to tell Starr her baby died [2008]
Bribed Marty's nurse Janet Ketring to help steal Starr's baby [2008]
Arrested for assaulting Police Officer Talia Sahid [2009]
Shot Zach Rosen as he struggled with John McBain [2009]
Maladies and Hospitalizations
Stabbed in chest with a pair of scissors by Nora during attempted attack [Dec 1993]
Shot by Bo Buchanan while on the lam and presumed dead [1994]
Shot by police officer after rescuing Marty, Jessica and CJ from car accident [1994]
Shot by Irish terrorists and believed dead [November 1995]
Beaten and left for dead in Victor Lord's tomb by Mitch Laurence's goons
Had extensive plastic surgery after being beaten up
Shot by Asa Buchanan
Shot and raped by Margaret Cochran
Stabbed with scissors by Margaret
Declared dead after being given a lethal injection but then revived [2006]
Severely beaten by John McBain after Marty was discovered in his home [2008]
Jumped from roof of Palace Hotel and needed to be resuscitated after landing in water [2009]
Miscellaneous Information
Blood type is O-.
Brief Character History
Todd first appeared in Llanview as one of Kevin's fraternity brothers. Marty was tutoring Todd and they slept together once, but Marty later rejected him. On the night of Spring Fling, Todd, Zach and Powell raped Marty upstairs in Kevin's room. During the trial, it was revealed that Todd previously had raped another woman, Carol Swift. Todd's attorney, Nora Gannon, realized during the trial that Todd was lying and that he was guilty of rape. Nora threw the trial during her closing statement, basically saying that Todd was guilty. The judge declared a mistrial, but Powell broke down and confessed the truth before there could be a new trial. Zach, Todd and Powell went to jail.
Todd escaped from jail while on work release, caused Suede Pruitt's death and kidnapped Rebecca Lewis. Todd was shot and presumed drowned, but he later turned up at Llanfair, hiding out in the gardening shed and pretending to be "Ali" the genie so Tina's children Sarah and C.J. Roberts would bring him food. Later, while on the run again, Todd saved Marty, Viki's daughter Jessica Buchanan and C.J. after their car crashed. Todd tried to get away, but he was shot by Police Commissioner Bo Buchanan and taken into custody. Todd was eventually granted a full pardon and released from jail.
David Vickers showed up in town pretending to be the missing son of Victor Lord and Irene Manning and tried to collect the $27 million inheritance. Tina Lord Roberts discovered that Todd was really Victor's long lost son and tried to hide it from everyone, but Todd eventually learned the truth. Todd inherited all the money, bought The Intruder from Dorian Lord and turned it into The Sun.
Todd became involved with Dorian's niece Blair Cramer, who claimed she was pregnant with his child, but really only wanted him for his money. After they got married, Todd made her take a pregnancy test and it turned out she really was pregnant. When Blair was attacked and miscarried, Todd learned Blair wasn't pregnant when they got married. Their marriage was annulled, but they got back together and were married again. Todd went off to Ireland to bring Marty back because a young girl she knew named Paloma was dying. Todd ended up getting shot instead of Marty's boyfriend Patrick Thornhart and was presumed dead. He showed up months later, only to find Blair and Patrick making love. In a rage, Todd kidnapped Starr but later brought her back. Todd wanted revenge on Patrick, so he planned to blow up Guy Armitage's yacht and frame Patrick for it. The plan backfired, Guy Armitage wound up dead and Patrick was able to prove that he was out of town at the time.
During a custody fight for Starr, Todd married his lawyer, Téa Delgado, to help him win custody of Starr, which he did. Téa originally married Todd because of the money he paid her, but the two became much closer. Todd admitted that he loved her and proposed they get married for real. Todd hired Blair to work for him again and tried to prove Bo Buchanan guilty of murdering Georgie Phillips to get revenge on the Buchanans. When the evidence started making Todd look guilty, he kidnapped everyone involved with Georgie and held them all at the Buchanan lodge, determined to make the real murderer confess and thereby clear him. Nora's daughter Rachel Gannon finally confessed to Georgie's murder and Todd ran off, taking Téa with him. Todd hit Téa, but she turned the tables and knocked him out, called the police and had him arrested.
Todd escaped soon after, said goodbye to Starr and cornered Téa in a cabana. Sam Rappaport went in to talk to Todd and learned that Todd had been sexually abused as a child. When Sam tried to introduce that fact in court, Todd collapsed and went into a catatonic state. When he awoke, he appeared to have dissociative identity disorder like his sister Viki. The personality called "Tom", childlike and gentle, was in control and was determined to have Téa give him a second chance and admit she loved him. Todd and Téa eventually did get married again, but at the reception, Starr unknowingly played a tape over the country club loud speakers on which Todd confessed that he was faking the DID to keep from being prosecuted. Todd quickly left town in 1998 and Téa filed for divorce.
Todd kept his eye on Téa from a distance and was not happy when he saw her dating R.J. Gannon. He tried numerous things, including turning the gas on in their apartment and shooting R.J. (who fortunately had on a bullet proof vest) to keep them apart. But none of this worked, so Todd lured Téa up to Viki's cabin in February 2000 and convinced Téa to run away with him, which she did.
Months later, Todd resurfaced and announced that Téa had left him. Todd ran into Jessica, Will Rappaport and Cristian Vega, who were on the run because Asa had made it look like Will had embezzled funds from the Megan Foundation. Todd packed up Will in a cargo container to Ireland and convinced Jessica and Cristian to return to Llanview by lying that Viki was dying. With Blair's help, Todd regained control of The Sun from Blair's cousin Kelly Cramer and he kicked Téa's niece Roseanne Delgado and her friend Sophia out of his old penthouse and moved back in. He began to fall in love with Blair again, helped by some encouragement from their daughter, Starr. Todd helped cover up the fact that Blair shot Max and he and Blair agreed to get married again. But the night before the wedding, Max drugged Blair and made sure that Todd saw them in bed together. Todd exploded at the altar and revealed several of Llanview's secrets, including the fact that Blair shot Max. He even turned over some of her clothes with gunpowder residue before he learned the truth that Max had set Blair up. He testified that Blair was crazy when she shot Max so she would go to St. Anne's instead of to jail. Upon her release, Blair learned she was pregnant. Figuring out that the child must be Todd's, she panicked and left town for Mexico. Todd followed her to Mexico and delivered her baby because no one else was around. Todd thought the baby was Max's and arranged for Paloma Sanchez, the woman who owned the hacienda, to "get rid" of the child. The child was given to David Vickers, who took the baby and gave it to a rich couple in Texas.
Todd told Blair the baby had died, and Blair initially did not tell Todd the baby had been his. When Blair admitted the truth, Todd brought the baby home, telling her it was an "adopted" child. Blair's nemesis Gabrielle Medina found out the child was alive and blackmailed Todd into giving her a job. Blair thought that Gabrielle was blackmailing him because Todd had gone through some "illegal procedures" in "adopting" their baby. But Todd's deception was discovered when baby Jack developed aplastic anemia, just like Starr had, and Todd had to bring Alex Olanov to town to be the bone marrow donor. Sam, learning from Nora that Alex had been Starr's bone marrow donor too, put everything together and told Blair the truth, that Jack was her biological son that Todd had told her was dead.
Blair was furious with Todd. She hired bodyguards to keep Todd away from the baby and she and Sam secretly took the family away to Hawaii to get away from Todd. But the bodyguards were working for Todd and he followed them to Hawaii and planned to kidnap the kids. However, he ran into Téa Delgado, who warned Blair about Todd's plans. Blair brought Starr and Jack safely back to Llanview, while Todd was stranded on the island. While Todd was gone, Blair took over running The Sun and divorced Todd.
Todd's plan to kidnap his children having gone awry, he ended up shipwrecked on a deserted island with Téa and Ross, 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.
When Todd returned to town, Blair was worried that he would try to steal her children again and called the police when she found him alone with Jack, but she struggled with her feelings about Todd.
Blair ran an expose of a mob family in The Sun, which brought death threats against her. She didn't take them very seriously until one day in the park, her daughter's nanny, Suzanne, was shot and killed by a hit man who thought she was Blair. The hit man came face to face with Blair when she rushed to Suzanne's side, but the sound of approaching sirens caused the hit man to flee. Blair was taken to a local police station, where Sam, Cassie and Todd went to see her. They came up with a plan to protect her: they would tell everyone she had lost her mind and was sent to a clinic in Switzerland, but in reality she went to stay in Todd's penthouse where she could hide and still be with her children. Sam and Blair grew closer, but eventually she realized that Todd was the only one she really loved. After Todd saved Blair from the hit man, who was arrested, Blair and Todd admitted their feelings for each other and Todd surprised Blair by calling Rev. Andrew Carpenter to come over and marry them right away. But Sam was suspicious about Todd "saving" Blair and decided to investigate further into Suzanne's death. During the middle of Todd and Blair's marriage ceremony, Sam showed up at the penthouse with a very much alive Suzanne in tow and interrupted the wedding.
Blair moved back into the Cramer mansion and recoiled from Todd's latest betrayal. She demanded that he stay away from her and their children. Soon after, the reprehensible Mitch Laurence attempted to kidnap Starr in order to have a hold over Todd. Blair caught him in the middle of the act and begged him to take her instead. He did, chaining her up in an abandoned theatre. Todd rescued her, but she was still ambivalent about their relationship. Before she could come to a decision, Todd mysteriously disappeared.
Blair breathed easy for a brief moment, and had Todd legally declared dead to free up his funds. Blair was jarred when a mysterious stranger showed up in town claiming to be Mitch's brother, Walker Laurence. Blair and Dorian both took a shine to him and Blair agreed to make him a reporter at The Sun. Blair found herself the prime suspect in yet another murder when Mitch was killed days after his arrest. Blair - not realizing she was being manipulated by Walker - began to suspect Dorian as the killer. Dorian was cleared and soon Blair started becoming more and more attracted to Walker. Meanwhile Walker made a startling confession to Starr--he was actually Todd! After having been brutally beaten and left near-death by Mitch's goons, Todd convinced doctors to make him over to resemble Mitch's brother, Walker. As Mitch hadn't seen Walker in several years, Todd fooled him, along with all of Llanview. As the weeks wore on, Blair started falling in love with Walker, despite everyone else's warning that he couldn't be trusted. One of the many people against Walker was Kevin Buchanan, another man Blair was finding herself attracted to despite the fact that he was married to Kelly. Kevin discovered Walker's true identity, but kept quiet for Blair's sake. When Blair realized Todd's scheme, all hell broke loose. She refused to let him near their children and divorced him. Extremely drunk on New Year's Eve 2003, Blair had a sleazy roll in the sheets with Kevin. Disgusted with herself, she prepared to leave the Palace Hotel. Todd spotted her, realized what her rumpled clothes meant, and followed her back to her room.
A short time later, Todd fled. Blair claimed she had been raped. She filed charges as well as custody papers. Throughout the trial, Todd went easy on her, and Blair stuck to her story, even as old nemesis Marty returned to town to testify and then told her she felt Todd was innocent. Soon after Todd's prison conviction, Blair passed out. She was suffering from a brain tumor! She realized that she may have been wrong about what happened that night with Todd. As Todd got a retrial (due to a juror's hearing aid not working), Blair pondered changing her story, not knowing of Todd's plan to tear her credibility and life to shreds.
The relationship between Todd and Blair changed again after Starr took off to New York to meet a young man she met on the Internet and was kidnapped. Todd and Blair were able to save their daughter, and even accepted her first boyfriend, Travis. When the community center caught fire, Todd rushed in to save Starr, and was later rescued himself by Blair, who finally realized how much she loved Todd and the two reconciled. Unfortunately, they encountered an obstacle in the form of Margaret Cochran, whom Todd had wooed in an attempt to bring down his rival Kevin. Around the same time, Blair's cousin Kelly claimed that Todd was the father of her son, Ace. Todd knew that Ace was not really Kelly's child and confided this in Blair, who agreed to keep quiet. Margaret, who had tried to break up Todd and Blair by claiming she had an affair with Todd, kidnapped the baby, but Todd rescued Ace and had Margaret sent to the mental hospital.
Todd and Blair launched a plan to become respectable in Llanview. While looking over Blair and Asa's divorce decree, Todd realized that Blair legally owned Asa's home, and planned to move in. After Blair knocked Asa out in a heated conversation, the two were convinced he was dead and drove him out to the woods, leaving him there. Asa made his way back and shot Todd, and the two men (with Blair's help) made a deal -- Todd wouldn't press charges against Asa and Asa would drop the feud. Todd and Blair made plans to remarry, but on the eve of the wedding, Todd was shot and kidnapped by a deranged Margaret Cochran, determined to get the man she thought belonged to her. After weeks in captivity, with Margaret wanting to make a baby, she finally raped Todd, threatening to kill Blair and the children if he did not sleep with her. Todd was rescued by Kevin and reluctantly admitted to Kevin that he had been raped. Blair, meanwhile, was found in the trunk of Margaret's car by Asa, who had her institutionalized. Todd located Blair there and they return to Llanview but Todd remained troubled by Margaret's rape of him, even having visions of Marty while drinking away the night at Victor Lord's mausoleum.
When Margaret discovered she was pregnant, she returned to Llanview. Todd attempted to strangle her but she stabbed him with scissors and got away. Soon a pregnant woman believed to be Margaret was found dead, and Todd was arrested for the murder. He and Blair split up over Blair's growing believe that Todd was guilty. Todd was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for the crime. He was administered the lethal injection but was revived at the very last second by Dr. Spencer Truman after it was revealed that Margaret was in fact alive. Spencer had orchestrated Margaret's murder and framed Todd. He had delivered her son, whom she named Todd Manning, Jr., and then disposed of it in a black market adoption. Margaret died in a van wreck before she could reveal what had happened, and Todd believed his child with Margaret had died. In fact, the baby had been adopted by Marcie and Michael McBain and was living in Llanview under the name Tommy.
Blair begged Todd for forgiveness after thinking he was guilty of murder and set out to prove that Spencer was guilty of setting him up. She even agreed to marry Spencer in an attempt to get close to him. When she found out she was pregnant, Blair feared the child was Spencer's, but a paternity test revealed the unborn child was Todd's. Blair later was pushed off the roof of a warehouse during an argument between Todd and Spencer and she lost the baby. Todd asked Blair to marry her but she declined. Later Spencer turned up dead.
Eventually, Mitch's brother Miles Laurence revealed to Todd that Spencer had orchestrated the adoption of Todd's son by the McBains. Desperate to win custody of his son, Todd paid Blair $5 million to remarry him, which she did. Todd took the McBains to court and was awarded custody in October 2007. Marcie however escaped the courtroom with the child and went on the run, pursued for months by FBI agent Lee Ramsey and Marcie's brother-in-law, Detective John McBain. Marcie eventually was found and Todd's son, who he had renamed Sam, was returned to him.
Blair initially struggled to adjust as the surrogate mother to Todd's baby with another woman and was unsure whether she would be able to raise Sam as her own. Blair admitted her issues to Todd, who told Blair he loved her and wanted a real marriage with her. However, the marriage quickly unraveled when Todd caught Starr in bed with Marty's teenage son, Cole Thornhart, and nearly beat Cole to death. When Blair discovered Starr was pregnant, she got a restraining order against Todd to keep him away from his children. After Todd and Sam were in a car crash and Todd failed to put Sam in a car seat, Blair was awarded custody of Sam.
In June 2008, Todd followed his sister Tina Lord Roberts into his old penthouse apartment and discovered that Lee Ramsey had been shot to death. Tina was gone but upstairs Todd discovered none other than Marty Saybrooke, who was believed to have died the previous December. Marty had amnesia and was unable to walk. Todd whisked her away to his new home and began nursing her back to health. He even hired the woman who was nursing Marty under Lee's care, Janet Ketring, to continue caring for her at Todd's home. Todd led Marty to believe they were old college friends and did not tell her about her past or about his part in raping her. Todd's niece Jessica, who was under in the influence of her alternate personality Tess, discovered that Marty was alive and living with Todd. But Tess agreed not to say anything, in exchange for Todd keeping quiet about her reemergence.
Todd had divorce papers drawn up and delivered to Blair, who signed them in July 2008. In August 2008, Todd took Blair back to court to win back custody of Sam but was denied. The judge said Todd could try again in another year. Back at his home, Todd told Marty that Starr had agreed to give him her baby once it was born so that he and Marty could raise it somewhere away from Llanview. In reality, Todd had hatched a plan with Starr's obstetrician to make Starr believe the baby was dead. In September, as Todd helped Marty walk for the first time since her accident, they shared a passionate kiss. They later nearly had sex, but Todd backed off. When Janet learned what Todd had done to Marty in college, Todd blackmailed her into keeping quiet with the knowledge that she was keeping her own true identity as the supposedly dead Lee Halpern a secret. He also admitted to Janet that he was falling in love with Marty. Todd then coerced Janet into helping him carry out his scheme to steal Starr's baby.
On the night that Starr gave birth, Todd told Marty to leave his house forever but Marty refused, saying that she was in love with him. Marty led Todd upstairs and the two made love. Feeling that he had become a better person with Marty's help, Todd changed his mind about stealing Starr's baby and went to the hospital to tell Dr. Joplin and Janet that the deal was off. Starr already had given birth to a healthy baby girl, and Dr. Joplin had whisked the baby to her office, lying that something was wrong with the baby and that she was being taken to the Neonatal ICU. Todd found Dr. Joplin and told the relived doctor that the deal was off. Todd left for home, however, before Dr. Joplin discovered a dead baby in her office and assumed that the baby was Starr's, unaware that Jessica's alter Bess had swapped out Starr's healthy baby for the stillborn girl Jessica had delivered hours earlier.
When Todd arrived home, he discovered that John McBain had busted into the house to rescue a shocked Marty, who was unsure what to believe when John told her that Todd had been the one who led her gang rape all those years ago. Todd admitted the truth to a horrified Marty, who watched as John beat Todd to a bloody pulp. Marty then took John's gun and threatened to kill Todd on the spot, but eventually relented. Todd was taken to the hospital, and everyone in town soon learned what he had been up to for all those months. Todd was horrified to learn that Starr's baby had died, and admitted to Starr that he had planned to kidnap the baby and run away with Marty. Todd was brought up on criminal charges by Nora, and Todd's ex-wife Téa Delgado returned to town to represent Todd against his wishes. 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.
In February 2009, Todd reluctantly agreed to accompany Téa 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 Wes holding a knife to Todd's throat before officers broke it up. Blair got drunk as well and was horrified to wake up in bed the next morning next to Todd, who said he took her back to his place because she was in no condition to drive or go home. 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. But Todd assured Starr that he would never try to kill the mother of his children. He was thrown into jail after assaulting Police Officer Talia Sahid. When Téa showed up at the jail cell, she 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.
After he was released from jail, Todd 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.
Todd was shocked when former frat brother Zach Rosen appeared in his office, fresh from jail and asking for money. Todd rebuffed Zach, but then Zach showed up at Todd's house and held Starr and Cole hostage. Todd talked himself into the bedroom where Zach was holding Starr and helped Starr escape. When John busted into the room, a fight ensued and Todd shot Zach, injuring him. After Talia turned up dead at Dorian's home, John was arrested for killing Talia and stabbing Blair. John escaped from jail and went on the run, and 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. When Blair found out what had happened, she signed herself out of the hospital and went to Todd's and insisted on staying there with her 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 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. Powell urged one of the women to kill Todd, who was tied up on the bed, but when Tea tried to kill Powell instead he locked up Téa and Blair downstairs. Alone in the room where the rape had occurred, Todd helped jog Marty's memory of that fateful night and all of her memories came racing back to her. Powell's accomplice, Rebecca Lewis, learned that the baby being raised as Jessica's child was in fact Todd and Marty's granddaughter Hope, and she kidnapped the child and brought her to Powell. Marty and Todd weren't sure what to believe when Powell told them that the baby was their grandchild. Before Powell could kill Todd, John burst into the room and shot Powell dead. Viki confirmed to Todd that the baby was in fact Starr and Cole's child, and after a brief period in which Jessica's alter Bess kidnapped the baby, Hope was returned to Todd and Blair and delivered safely to Starr and Cole.
During another round of the custody battle, Blair and Téa both admitted in open court that they felt Todd was the love of their lives. Todd tried to establish a real relationship with Téa and allowed her to stay in his home, while he was ordered to live with Blair and the children at La Boulaie. A jealous Blair threw herself at Todd and they had sex in the cabana at Dorian's pool. When Téa walked in and caught them in the act, she tearfully and angrily said she was through with Todd forever. But Todd begged her to forgive him and became even more attentive and loving toward her, even orchestrating a rooftop concert for her.
During a court-ordered therapy session, Marty told Todd he needed to leave his past with Blair behind in order to move forward with Téa and said he needed to be open about his feelings with Téa. Todd quickly proposed to Téa, catching her off guard. Todd sensed she was not ready to commit, but soon Téa came around and agreed to marry him. What Todd didn't realize was that Téa agreed to marry him only after believing she had secured a divorce from Ross Rayburn, whom she had married after being stranded on the deserted island and had been trying to divorce for some time. Although Téa tried to tell Todd the truth about her past marriage before the wedding, Todd's insistence that the past was behind them silenced her. Todd and Téa were married Sept. 29, 2009. The next day, however, Blair told Todd that the marriage was invalid because Téa was already married to Ross. When Todd confronted Téa, she tried to explain that Blair and Ross had duped her into thinking she was actually divorced, but Todd was stung by her dishonesty and kicked her out. When Téa confronted Blair at La Boulaie, Blair managed to get Téa to admit that there was another secret she was keeping from Todd: that she had given birth to Todd's child! During a struggle, Blair fell out of a second-story window and landed on a pool cover right in front of Todd, who was at Dorian's looking for Téa. Blair's injuries were minor, but she was unable to remember what Téa had told her before her fall.
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