Naomi Carson

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**Judge Naomi Carson** is a fictional character in the ABC daytime drama *General Hospital*.

She was played by Anita Finlay on January 9, 2019 replacing Ely Pouget as Jeanette Marino and returned on March 29, 2019 before being replaced by Coby Ryan McLaughlin as Hank Archer aka "Shiloh", Elizabeth Hendrickson as Margaux Dawson, Jessica Tuck as Cassandra Pierce, Marcus Coloma as Nikolas Cassadine, Andi Chapman as Dolores Maloney, Dan Buran as Linc Brown, and Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault. She was next seen on March 31, 2021; June 23-24, 2021; and July 8, 2021 before being replaced by Avery Kristen Pohl as Esme Prince, Sonya Eddy as Epiphany Johnson before her death in 2022, Charles Shaughnessy as Victor Cassadine before the character's death, Kurt Yue as Albert Kim, Matthew Kimbrough as Ron Jarrett, and an unknown actor as Edward Sinclair.

## Storylines

Near the end of 2018, Cameron Webber gets caught buying marijuana for the terminally ill Oscar Nero-Quartermaine and goes to court. In January, he has a hearing and is put on probation by Judge Carson since Margaux Dawson is the District Attorney and Judge Carson's close friend. He will have to do community service for a year and agree to counseling.

In March 2019, after being angry at Elizabeth Webber for marrying Franco Baldwin (who was in prison for murdering three people and attacking Lulu Spencer), Cameron, Josslyn Jacks, Oscar, and Trina Robinson go to Niagara Falls and Oscar has a seizure due to his brain tumor. Cameron also runs into Ryan Chamberlain, the real killer who framed Franco and was trying to elope with Ava Jerome at the time. Cameron gets away from him luckily and because of this, he missed his community service. Judge Carson's punishment is losing his driving permit and he will still have to do community service.

On March 31, 2021; Judge Carson presides over Alexis Davis' hearing after Lulu was hospitalized and the death of Julian Jerome. Alexis had recently accidentally stabbed Dante Falconeri with a syringe of lidocaine while aiming for Franco. Alexis pleads guilty of assault and is sentenced to three years in Pentonville Penitentiary.

On June 8, Alexis realizes that she and Shawn both were sentenced to prison by Judge Carson as Shawn was replaced by former General Hospital Head Nurse Epiphany Johnson as Naomi gained her as a friend before Shawn's release after Jerry Jacks was sentenced to life in prison at Pentonville Penitentiary for his crimes against the citizens of by her co-worker Judge David Walters who handled the family court hearings of Georgie Spinelli and Avery Jerome-Corinthos and Jerry escaped afterwards during Paul Hornsby's time as district attorney where she gained him as a friend as well as Ray Giles who evaded capture and eluded the authorities. After Paul was imprisoned of being the General Hospital serial killer, she gained Valentin Cassadine as a new friend prior to sentencing Shawn to prison and Sabrina Santiago's death and after Shawn's release from prison.

On June 23; Judge Carson runs into Molly and T.J. at Kelly’s before being discovered by Judges David Walters, Henry Pierce, James Horowitz, Natalie Rawles, Richard Lowe, Aaron Benjamin, and Wayne Vickers.

On July 8, Molly meets with Judge Carson and calls her out for being racist. Martin Grey comes by and defends Judge Carson as he has known her for twenty years. She talks to him about her racial bias after Molly leaves and it is later revealed that Martin was recording Judge Carson. Jordan gets approval from Warden Don Alvarez to put Alexis into PCPD custody because of the recording. At the same time, Judge Carson has been urged by Governor Neil Elliott to resign from the bench or risk consequences from the judicial review board. Her other defendants are being reviewed with the governor putting pressure on the board to expedite the process.

She was later replaced by Esme Prince who later replaces Lulu since Esme is a brunette on August 16 who Esme is revealed to be Ryan Chamberlain's daughter and Lulu's brunette stepcousin and Dante's ex-stepcousin-in-law.

On June 22, 2023; former Judge Carson was later replaced by her friend/male counterpart Judge Albert Kim who later returns the favor to former Judge Carson after the death and will reading of Victor Cassadine.

On September 11, former Judge Carson was later replaced by her friend/male counterpart Judge Ron Jarrett as Molly who became the Assistant District Attorney is recused from the case when it came to her uncle Sonny Corinthos.

On October 12; former Judge Carson's friend Judge Edward Sinclair decided Cyrus can go free due to the testimony of Ellen Garten, Austin Gatlin-Holt, and Scott Baldwin.

## Crimes Committed

* Probable racist; has a history of giving harsher sentences to black people than white before and after gaining Nikolas Cassadine, Ray Giles, Epiphany Johnson, Paul Hornsby, Valentin Cassadine, and Dolores Maloney as her new friends [discovered on June 23, 2021; forced to resign as a judge on Jul 8, 2021]

## Relationships

* Friends
* Enemies

* Jordan Ashford - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department and current Deputy Mayor of Port Charles
* T.J. Ashford
* Franco Baldwin - Former Art Therapist at General Hospital and Epiphany's former co-worker (deceased)
* Aaron Benjamin
* Drew Cain - Former Navy SEAL
* Nikolas Cassadine - Naomi's friend
* Valentin Cassadine - Naomi's friend for Valentin to replace Shawn
* Margaux Dawson - Former District Attorney, Paul's successor, Robert's predecessor, and Naomi's close friend now living in Seattle
* Dante Falconeri
* Ray Giles - Nikolas and Naomi's friend (deceased)
* Andrew Grey - Cyrus' son with an unknown woman and Martin's nephew
* Liz Grey - Cyrus' daughter with an unknown woman and Martin's niece
* Martin Grey
* Paul Hornsby - Former District Attorney and Margaux's predecessor (imprisoned)
* James Horowitz
* Ron Jarrett - Naomi's friend/male counterpart
* Epiphany Johnson - Former General Hospital Head Nurse, Franco's former co-worker, and Naomi's friend for Epiphany to replace Shawn (deceased)
* Albert Kim - Naomi's friend/male counterpart
* Molly Lansing-Davis - Ric and Alexis' daughter
* Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney
* Rachel Lasser
* Richard Lowe
* Dolores Maloney - Sam's former parole officer and Naomi's friend for Dolores to replace Shawn
* Shane McAvoy
* Sally Miller
* Walter Mooney
* Henry Pierce
* Natalie Rawles
* Trina Robinson
* James Scorpio - Robert and Anna's son and Detective of the Port Charles Police Department
* Robert Scorpio - Former Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department, former WSB agent, and current District Attorney
* Edward Sinclair
* Wayne Vickers
* David Walters
* Elizabeth Webber

* Hank Archer - aka Shiloh (deceased)
* Trent Beech - Cyrus' henchman (deceased)
* Helena Cassadine - (deceased)
* Stavros Cassadine - (deceased)
* Ryan Chamberlain - (deceased)
* Landon Dixon - Helena's male counterpart (captured)
* Cesar Faison - (deceased)
* Jerry Jacks
* Raj Patel - Stavros' younger counterpart (deceased)
* Carl Pine - Cyrus' African-American henchman (deceased)
* Cyrus Renault
* Carlos Rivera - (deceased)