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Michael Cambias

William deVry as Michael Cambias
All My Children
Portrayed by William deVry
First appearance January 23, 2003
Last appearance August 28, 2003 (later as a fabricated vision in 2004 and 2006)
Cause/reason Shot and killed by Bianca Montgomery (self-defense)
Created by Gordon Rayfield
Profile
Aliases Michael Kinsey
Occupation Business shark and Former owner Cambias Enterprises
Title Former heir to the Cambias fortune and Former CEO
Residence Pine Valley, Pennsylvania

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The character is one that lives in infamy due to the controversial rape storyline of All My Children heroine Bianca Montgomery. Bianca Christine Montgomery is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. The event became one of the most debated topics within the soap opera medium and was nicknamed "Voldemort", a title first coined by Television Without Pity message board members to mean "the storyline that shall not be named. Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Television Without Pity (often abbreviated TWoP) is a Website that provides detailed recaps of select television Dramas situation comedies "[1]

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Storyline

Character Michael Cambias is primarily remembered for raping Erica Kane's daughter, Bianca Montgomery. "Erica Kane" is also the title of songs by Aaliyah, B5 and Urge Overkill, all written about this character Bianca Christine Montgomery is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. His background shows him to be the spoiled, wealthy and extremely arrogant son of Alexander Cambias, Sr. (later known as the Satin Slayer). Alexander Cambias Sr is a Fictional character from the ABC daytime drama All My Children, as portrayed by Ronald Guttman, from He comes to Pine Valley with business partner Lena Kundera in an attempt to take over several prominent Pine Valley businesses, including Chandler Enterprises, Cortlandt Enterprises, Enchantment and Fusion Cosmetics. Lena Kundera is a Fictional character from the American Soap opera All My Children. Chandler Enterprises is a Fictional business on the ABC daytime Soap opera All My Children. Fusion Cosmetics is a fictional business from the ABC daytime drama All My Children.

Michael schemed with Lena.
Michael schemed with Lena.

In early 2003, going by the alias of Michael Kinsey, he meets Kendall Hart during Kendall's trip to Aspen. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Kendall Slater ( Née Hart) is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United He is there for Kendall emotionally, who is highly vulnerable at the time, and Kendall soon falls for him romantically. When she discovers that his name is actually Michael Cambias, and that he is known as an infamous corporate shark, he tells her that he had a good reason for not revealing his name to her and that he does not plan to take over her company, Fusion Cosmetics.

Michael and Kendall as lovers.
Michael and Kendall as lovers.

Instead he tries to enlist Kendall in helping him in his fight for Enchantment. What Kendall does not know is that Michael does, in fact, plan to take over her company as well. He is aware of Kendall's hatred for her mother, Erica Kane, and feels that this may be of service to him. At his request, his spy, Lena, works at Erica's company. Michael's lover as well as his partner in scheming, Lena works to romantically seduce chemist Boyd Larraby and Erica's lesbian daughter, Bianca. Unbeknownst to Michael, Kendall discovers his affair with Lena. Betrayed and furious, Kendall informs Erica of his plans and becomes a double agent. As Michael catches Kendall in his office near his computer, he attempts to rape her, but Erica arrives just in time to stop the event. During this time, Lena has truly fallen for Bianca romantically. She does not want to continue with Michael's plan, but he threatens violence against her mother and deportation, which results in Lena continuing to follow his orders.

She steals a formula from Erica's office safe. Not wanting Kendall to be her replacement at Enchantment, Erica agrees to leave her company under the condition that Kendall does not take over her reins. Michael feels that his plan is victorious and promises his father that he has acquired Enchantment for him. His father, Alexander, is not quite sure of Michael's claims. He has only recently given Michael power in the Cambias fortune after Michael's older brother, Alexander Jr. , died in the mid-1980s. Matters do take a bad turn for Michael, when, at a press conference, Erica announces that the formula is a fake; it was a ruse. Erica has acquired the reins over Cambias Industries. Alexander is forced to give Erica a seat on the board of directors. Angry and embarrassed, Alexander claims that Michael is no longer his son.

Arrested for his corporate espionage, Michael is sent to jail, but is bailed out by Adam Chandler. Adam Chandler Sr is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children, portrayed by David Canary, from 1983 to present Michael later makes a visit to Erica's office and nearly rapes her, but Kendall arrives (just as her mother had done for her when Kendall was almost raped by Michael) and smashes a glass pitcher over his head. Michael escapes these charges since Kendall is the only eyewitness. When displeased, he also attacks Lena at one point.

On a gloomy, rainy and thunderous night when the power is out in all houses of Pine Valley, Michael breaks into the boarding house Bianca resides at and rapes her.

Michael raped Bianca.
Michael raped Bianca.

Michael is later charged with raping Bianca, but is acquitted, to the community's utter disgust. (An angry Lena even goes so far as to almost attack him after the acquittal. ) His after-trial gloating, wherein he states that he "owns Pine Valley, and everybody in it", angers nearly everyone in hearing range and Jackson Montgomery, Bianca's uncle, warns Cambias's attorney to get him out of the courtroom, before the crowd becomes a lynch mob. Jackson "Jack" Montgomery is a Fictional character from the daytime drama All My Children. Lynching is an Extrajudicial punishment meted out by a mob Lynching an enumerated Felony in some states in the United States, is defined by some Eventually he is found dead in a freezer outside of Pine Valley. His funeral is attended by most everyone who cares for Bianca, and their "eulogies" are laced with anger and hatred toward him.

Michael Cambias dead in his casket.
Michael Cambias dead in his casket.

Lena even goes so far as to spit on his grave. It is later discovered that he was killed by Bianca in self-defense when he tried to rape her again. Self-defense (or self-defence &mdash see spelling differences) is the act of defending oneself one's property or the well-being of another from physical harm His final burial place, fittingly enough, is in the city dump; whilst an empty casket was a ruse for the funeral.

Specific character detail

Character Michael Cambias was born in 1969.

The writers had him die of a fatal injury sustained after a gunshot wound to the abdomen by Bianca Montgomery in August 2003.

The grave of Michael Cambias.
The grave of Michael Cambias.

Victims

Name Attack
Kendall Hart Attempted to rape her twice
Erica Kane Attempted rape
Bianca Montgomery Raped; tried to rape a second time
Lena Kundera Assault
Maggie Stone Assault

References

  1. ^ Warn, Sarah. Kendall Slater ( Née Hart) is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. "Erica Kane" is also the title of songs by Aaliyah, B5 and Urge Overkill, all written about this character Bianca Christine Montgomery is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. Lena Kundera is a Fictional character from the American Soap opera All My Children. Mary Margaret "Maggie" Stone is a Fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. "The Debate Over Bianca's Rape on All My Children", AfterEllen.com, June 2003. AfterEllencom is a website that focuses on the portrayal of Lesbians and Bisexual women in the media. Retrieved on 2007-12-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city  

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