[4] The news of her casting was confirmed in December 2012 by co-star Robert Adamson, who portrays Noah Newman, on Twitter.
[4] Previously, Soap Opera Network's Errol Lewis reported that Flores "has joined the cast in an as yet to be determined role.
After the stolen money mishap is resolved, Adriana is hired by Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper) as her personal assistant and restarts her relationship with Noah.
However, Jill Abbott Fenmore (Jess Walton) believes Adriana is scamming Katherine, and later accuses her of stealing a piece of her jewelry.
[12] Pinter was previously famed for portraying "slimy senator-turned-mayor" Grant Harrison on the soap opera Another World.
[12] Pinter, described by On-Air On-Soaps as playing "slimy bad guy so good that you want to throw something at the TV set", began taping scenes for the soap opera on December 6, 2012.
[13] Jillian Bowe of Zap2it called the casting "juicy" and confirmed that Pinter would remain on the show beyond February sweeps.
[14] Jill Farren Phelps, executive producer of the soap opera, was responsible for Pinter's hiring on both Another World and General Hospital.
"[15] In January 2013, Jack Abbott wakes up in his mansion to find a woman named Stephanie Gayle dead in his living room.
Wheeler is later revealed to have had an affair with Belinda Rogan, the mother of Leslie and Tyler Michaelson (Angell Conwell and Redaric Williams), who was believed to be murdered by her husband, Gus, as he was convicted for the crime.
[21] Gus is first mentioned as the incarcerated unnamed father of Leslie (Angell Conwell) and Tyler Michaelson (Redaric Williams).
Meanwhile, Congressman Marcus Wheeler (Mark Pinter) begins pressuring Tyler and Leslie about coming out of hiding and testifying against their father again to keep him in prison.
Later, DNA evidence turns up that reveals implicates Wheeler in Belinda's murder, exonerating Gus.
Courtney Sloane, portrayed by Kelli Goss, made her first appearance on April 10, 2013, as the best friend of Summer Newman (Hunter King).
Courtney even impresses Summer's aunt, Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway), during an interview, which leads to her getting an internship at Jabot Cosmetics.
In addition, Courtney has a crush on Summer's brother, Noah Newman (Robert Adamson), which eventually develops into a romance.
"[29] Soap Opera Digest was unfavorable of the series' decision to kill Courtney off, writing: "True, she was a peripheral character but so was Sharon until she married Nick almost 20 years ago (...) The same potential could have been realized for Ms Sloane, a smart and compassionate cop".
She helps Summer sneak into a bar by providing her with fake identification so she can impress Kyle Abbott (Hartley Sawyer).
Summer confronts her friend and asks her why she is so hesitant to share anything about her personal life; Courtney firmly denies that she does drugs.
In February 2015, she, along with Noah, Summer, Austin Travers, Kevin Fisher, Mariah Copeland, Fenmore Baldwin and Abby Newman, head to the Abbott cabin for a Valentine's Day celebration.
Two months later, Noah proposes to Courtney in Crimson Lights, saying that after all the events that happened to Summer and Austin, he does not want to live a second without her by his side.
[33][34][35] In an interview with Soaps In Depth, Chambers compared Melanie to her previous role, Siobhan McKenna on ABC's General Hospital, stating that the differences between the two characters go "beyond hair color and vocal inflection".
Victor saw through Melanie's lies and fired her, followed by Adam ending their romantic affair, despite her saying that she had begun to have genuine feelings for him.
His casting in the recurring role was announced in May; he was slated to be an "old army buddy" of Dylan McAvoy (Steve Burton).
[43] Stitch arrives in Genoa City in June 2013 to visit his friend Dylan McAvoy (Steve Burton).
Stitch then begins to grow close with Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle), who was having marital problems with Billy Abbott (David Tom) and at the same time, is revealed to know Kelly Andrews (Cynthia Watros) and that he is hiding something about his past; to the point of her calling him a "murderer".
"[44][45] Kambra Clifford of Soap Opera Network wrote: "Fans have been chomping at the bit for more information regarding The Young and the Restless Rose, the mystery woman that Leslie (Angell Conwell) and Tyler’s (Redaric Williams) dad, Gus (Tony Todd), has been dating.
Rose then appeared in several flashbacks to Leslie's boyfriend Neil Winters (Kristoff St. John), revealing that he met her in a bar in Evanston.
However, Rose in fact died that night, and her daughter Ann Turner is posing as Hilary Curtis (Mishael Morgan) and targeting the Winters family as she blames Neil for her mother's death.
After being examined by an eye specialist, it is determined that Connor suffers from Peters Anomaly, and requires an immediate cornea transplant to save his sight.