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| Hair: |
Brown |
| Eyes: |
Blue |
| Parents: |
Maeve Stoddard (deceased)
Kyle Sampson
Fletcher Reade (adoptive)
Holly Lindsey-Reade (ex-stepmother) |
| Friends: |
Michelle Bauer
Bill Lewis |
| Backstory: |
Ben was born in 1987 to biological parents Maeve Stoddard, an heiress
and then owner of the Springfield Journal, and Kyle Sampson,
a business tycoon. When a pregnant Maeve realized that her husband,
Kyle, was in love with Reva Shayne, Maeve lied to Kyle, telling him
their baby was stillborn. She demanded a divorce and Kyle complied.
Maeve secretly gave birth to Ben and asked a friend, Dr. Louie Darnell,
to pass the baby off as an orphaned cousin. Maeve then proceeded to
"adopt" Ben. Maeve revealed the truth about the baby at
Kyle's wedding to Reva. Having lost Reva, a bitter Kyle left town
for good, laying no claim to son Ben. In 1988, Maeve fell in love
with Fletcher Reade. Moments after they were married at the Bauer
barbecue, Maeve hopped into a helicopter to cover a news story and
went down with the chopper. Julia Stoddard, Maeve's mother, attempted
to take custody of Ben, but Fletcher fought her and ultimately, retained
custody. |
| Chronology: |
|
| 1995 |
Fletcher married Holly Lindsey; Ben accepted Holly as his stepmother.
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| 1996 |
Ben decided to go away to boarding school. Fletcher agreed. |
| 2001 |
A college-aged Ben returns to Springfield, having now inherited
his
mother's fortune and enrolls in Springfield University. Ben avoids
the
people who knew him when and sets out to establish himself as a
real
player in Springfield. Preoccupied with winning, Ben bets that he
can rid
Marah Lewis of her virginity after an essay she has written defending
her
chastity is blanketed across the campus. Ben enlists Catalina Quesada's
help, knowing that Marah still has a strong pull to her ex-boyfriend,
Tony
Santos, whom Catalina now dates. |
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