Winston Rudge

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**Winston Rudge** was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. He bores an uncanny resemblance to Valentin Cassadine.

## Storylines

* 2016-17
* 2020

On August 23, Rudge was later called to the stand at Julian's trial and when he was up there, Rudge lied and claimed that Julian was willingly complicit in Olivia's crimes nearly five months after the armed robbery at the Floating Rib which was one week after Olivia Jerome was sent to a mental asylum where the armed robbers named Chris and Paul Gentry were wanting revenge for Olivia Jerome. Julian got enraged and stood up, but was restrained as Rudge left. On August 25; Julian was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison for all of the crimes he committed that had to do with Olivia or the Gentry brothers, but was eventually released.

On September 15, 2020; Robert Scorpio and Olivia Quartermaine went to Monte Carlo on a mission and they entered a casino nearly three years after the real Jason Morgan came back and "Jason Morgan" was revealed to be actually Drew Cain. While Robert worked the room for information, Olivia went to get drinks and ran into one of the owners. He introduced himself as Winston Rudge and he noticed a wedding ring on Olivia's finger and that she had an American accent after Britt Westbourne became the new Chief of Staff at General Hospital by Chairman of the Board Cyrus Renault over two years after the deaths of Britt's father Cesar Faison, Britt's brother and Dante's former partner Nathan West, over a year after Robert's predecessor Margaux Dawson resigned as District Attorney, and nearly a year after Hank Archer aka Shiloh's death. Robert recognized him and told Olivia that the roulette table awaits. Rudge thought Robert looked familiar and asked if he's been in the casino before. Olivia lay the accent on thick and told him they had never been to Monte Carlo, and that she wished he would take her somewhere else for their honeymoon. Rudge apologized before he left. Robert revealed to Olivia that while he may be part owner, he is also a mercenary and he testified against Julian and Olivia Jerome as Olivia's former henchman and Valentin's associate who bores an uncanny resemblance to him. Robert is worried that it wouldn't take Rudge long for him to remember who he is and figure out why he was there.

## Crimes Committed

* Accessory to the hit ordered by Olivia Jerome [Oct 7, 2016-Mar 15, 2017]
* Spiked Laura Spencer's coffee and kidnapped her under Olivia Jerome's orders [Feb 24, 2017]
* Perjury; lied on the stand about Julian being a willing associate in Olivia's plans when Julian was actually blackmailed after the arrest of Chris and Paul Gentry who were in revenge for Olivia Jerome at the Floating Rib a week after Olivia was sent to D'Archam Asylum [Aug 23, 2017]
* Used the Le Lucien Casino as a front for many illegal activities [2017-2020; revealed on Sep 18, 2020; arrested]
* Faked Holly Sutton's death by arranging for her ship to drown before holding her hostage at the Le Lucien in revenge for the late Cesar Faison [Apr 20-Sep 18, 2020; revealed on Sep 18, 2020; arrested]
* Had Robert Scorpio and Ethan Lovett tied up and held them hostage at gunpoint [Sep 17-18, 2020; arrested]
* Paid off by Victor Cassadine to give Holly to Victor [revealed Sep 18, 2020; Victor's involvement revealed Oct 20, 2022; pay off revealed Nov 2, 2022]

## Health and Vitals

* Held at gunpoint by Sonny Corinthos in justice for Morgan Corinthos [Mar 14-15, 2017]

## Relationships

* Friends
* Enemies

* Charles Bellamy
* Valentin Cassadine - Rudge's boss and CEO of ELQ
* Victor Cassadine - Valentin's father (deceased)
* Gavin Crawford - (deceased)
* Cesar Faison - His former boss Olivia Jerome's male counterpart (deceased)
* Sonny Faison
* Keith Fletcher
* Chris Gentry - (imprisoned)
* Paul Gentry - (imprisoned)
* David Hadley
* Olivia Jerome - Rudge's former boss (imprisoned)
* Erich Sydney - (imprisoned)
* Britt Westbourne - Rudge's female counterpart, Nathan's sister, and former General Hospital co-Chief of Staff (deceased)

* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* T.J. Ashford
* Franco Baldwin - (deceased)
* Scott Baldwin - Former District Attorney
* Hayden Barnes
* Shawn Butler - Moved to San Francisco
* Drew Cain - Former Navy SEAL
* Joseph Campbell - Former District Attorney now living in Atlanta
* Amber Chua
* Laura Collins - Current Mayor of Port Charles
* Michael Corinthos
* Morgan Corinthos - (deceased)
* Sonny Corinthos
* Alexis Davis - Former District Attorney now Editor-in-chief at *The Invader*
* Kristina Davis
* Margaux Dawson - Former District Attorney and Robert's predecessor now living in Seattle
* Anna Devane - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Felix DuBois
* Dante Falconeri
* D.A. Garcia
* Barbara Gordon - aka Batgirl
* Maxie Jones
* Molly Lansing-Davis - Ric's daughter with Alexis, niece of Sonny, and Assistant District Attorney
* Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney
* Janice Lomax - Former Mayor of Port Charles
* Andre Maddox
* Griffin Munro
* Monica Quartermaine - Michael's grandmother and former General Hospital Chief of Staff
* Olivia Quartermaine
* Tracy Quartermaine
* Natalie Rawles - Court judge
* Nina Reeves
* Heather Roth
* Sabrina Santiago - (deceased)
* Felicia Scorpio
* James Scorpio - Anna and Robert's son, Robin's brother, and Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Mac Scorpio - Former Commissioner and current Chief of Detectives of the Port Charles Police Department
* Robert Scorpio - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department, former WSB agent, current District Attorney, and Margaux's successor
* Robin Scorpio-Drake - Anna and Robert's daughter and James' sister
* Luke Spencer - (deceased)
* Henry Sullivan
* Twyla
* Bryan Wagner
* Elizabeth Webber
* Mary Wells - Current General Hospital Head Nurse
* Nathan West - Dante's former partner and Britt's brother (deceased)