Cleetus Johnson

Cleetus Johnson is a character portrayed by gumdroptv.

## General

Cleetus Johnson was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, New York on January 1st, 1902. Cleetus moved to Los Santos alone after a falling out with his family relating to how they should spend their father's inheritance.

## Backstory

Cleetus Johson was born to parents Mark and Alice in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. Given that Cleetus' mother is half Italian and has Italian ancestry, he is 1/4th Italian. The sister of Cleetus is named Gertrude. Cleetus has assisted Gertrude in caring for her 17-year-old son who is raised by her alone. Despite not having any children of his own, Cleetus has a close bond with his nephew and, thus, is adored by young people.

Early on, Cleetus was close to his mother. He would assist his mother with household chores that his father and many of his friends thought were "unmasculine" in nature. Because Cleetus was unable to uphold the image that his father desired for him to project, his father would view his son as a disappointment. The beliefs and hobbies his father tried to instill in Cleetus did not appeal to him, and as a result, their relationship deteriorated.

After high school, Cleetus' father made him enroll in New York University with a political science major. However, he left after just 10 weeks since he realized it wasn't the right fit for him. Cleetus and his father's relationship was further harmed as a result. Cleetus and his father fell out after this occurrence. The rest of Cleetus' life was spent working as a taxi driver (even resorting to driving a getaway car twice) to support himself. Cleetus would frequently listen to wrestling events on his radio while he was transporting the people of New York around. Cleetus fell in love right away because of the commentators' descriptions of the athletes' tricks. Larger-than-life figures like Bruno Sammartino and Andre The Giant drew him in. These drives would be spent fantasy booking his own shows as if he was in charge. His life long dream is to promote wrestling shows and manage wrestlers.

Cleetus and his father were able to reconcile after his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Cleetus began speaking to and seeing his father on a daily basis in an effort to embrace the few remaining days they had together. Cleetus wanted to join the Navy Seals in order to leave a positive impression on his father. Unfortunately, Cleetus was turned down because of a hip fracture he sustained when sliding down his apartment steps a few years ago. Cleetus has been obliged to walk with the help of a stick for the most of his life, and the armed services need their members to be in top physical condition.

Cleetus' image in his father's eyes began to deteriorate once more, forcing Cleetus to resurrect the bitterness he had worked so hard to overcome all those years. His father died in his sleep two days later, with Cleetus' mother and sister at his side. Cleetus' father was an attorney, and he inherited generational riches from his father. This left the Johnson family with a will that was designed for all of them to spend only if they agreed. Cleetus, hoping to fulfill his lifelong passion of staging wrestling performances, offered this to the rest of the family, but was quickly shot down since they believed it wasn't viable. Cleetus believed that the money was properly his because his father spanked and mistreated him the most. Cleetus chose to go for Los Santos, a location where dreams might come true, in order not to jeopardize his excellent relationship with his mother and sister.

## Livin' In Los Santos

With only a few hundred dollars of cash in his back pocket, Cleetus travels to Los Santos. He takes a rental automobile from the airport to the Vespucci post office. There he encounters a bunch of amusing young folks who are judgment-free as all get-out. Cleetus is accepted as one of their own by the inhabitants of Vespucci, who even teach him how to skateboard. Cleetus has always yearned to feel youthful and welcomed, which is what actions like these give him.

Due to the delayed start of courses, Cleetus' employment as a bus driver for Los Santos University (GO LIONS ROAAAARR) has not yet begun.

In an effort to launch a wrestling promotion, Cleetus frequents boxing bouts. At the moment, he is seeking to locate a man named "Maverick" who frequents Paleto Bay. Locals at Vespucci PO informed Cleetus that the individual was a serious businessman who would support the most absurd of notions. If Cleetus can locate this individual, his lifetime goal of promoting wrestling events will come true, he believes.

## Quirks

Even though he was turned down for the program due to an injury, Cleetus frequently mentions that he is a "former Navy Seal" in an effort to get the respect from others that he so desperately wishes he had earned from his father when he was still alive.

Cleetus is 1/4th Italian and will use this fact to accuse others of racism to his benefit.

Although Cleetus seems to be friends with law enforcement, he secretly loathes them.

## Associates

***Heather Addler*** - On his first day in town, Cleetus ran into Heather when he saw her red RV being driven past Vespucci PO. When Cleetus asked if he could accompany her on a camping vacation, they became friends right away. Cleetus needed help remembering how to skate like he did when he was younger, so the two ended up heading to the roller rink. Cleetus and Heather are besties.

***Billie Bleu*** - Being close friends with Heather caused Cleetus to eventually bump elbows with her overprotective girlfriend, Billie Bleu. Billie was quick to dislike Cleetus and developed a passive-aggressive rivalry with him over the splitting Heather's attention, and she greatly disapproved of his hijinks when she found out he got into a shootout with a woman named "Sharon" on the back of Heather's scooter. Billie's distain for Cleetus is often expressed by pretending to misremember his name as "Clarence" and wishing he'd die of old age or natural causes, a favor which Cleetus has begun returning by deliberately calling her "Bobbie".

***Scotty Sesh*** - To better connect with his inner child, Cleetus made the decision to check out the Big V skate park. Cleetus was anxious that his age might prevent him from getting the skateboarding lessons he wanted. Scotty helped Cleetus master the art of boarding for over two hours despite his doubts. Because they worked together to achieve a similar objective, a deep relationship was created between the two of them. The Vespucci Cloud Surfers have Cleetus's back if anyone attempts to mistreat him, Scotty assured him.

***Allister Humphreys*** - Cleetus and Allister have a tense relationship similar to that of a grandfather/grandson. Cleetus and Allister met when Cleetus was offered a lift to Grapeseed in Allister's cab. They became friends after rescuing a man on the side of the road from his burning automobile. Their relationship suffered when they got into a violent and perhaps fatal argument while smoking cannabis. They, too, have been victims of Riggs' erratic conduct and have attempted to bring him down.