History Characters / TheSleepingBeautyKiller

* BetterPartnerAssertion: When he tried to get Casey to take him back, he told her she'd never be truly happy with her fiance, insiting Hunter was a "stuffed shirt" who would suck the life out of her and that she had more in common with him. Casey dismissed this, bluntly telling Jason that they brought out the worst in each other and were never truly in love.

* NeverMyFault: When Laurie first meets him and asks about his relationship with Casey, his response smacks of woe is me; he goes on about how he loved Casey but she felt he was never good enough for her and constantly nagged him about why he wasn't doing better at work, then abruptly dumped him for a rich aspiring politician, which broke him so badly it sent him into a downward spiral and caused him to lose his cushy job. He gives Laurie the impression of blaming all of his problems on Casey with no acknowledgement of his own failings or mistakes. Jason also tries to deflect responsibility for writing the unflattering and inaccurate memoir about Casey, insisting his publisher forced his hand and that he badly needed the money after what Casey put him through.

* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: He states that he and Casey repeatedly went through a cycle of breaking up and getting back together; the last time she broke up with him he assumed she was just taking another temporary break and they'd get back together, but not long after she began dating Hunter Raleigh instead, eventually getting engaged to him. This came as a shock to Jason; he claims it was because he thought of him and Casey as "soulmates", though it's indicated it's more because it never occurred to him she wouldn't eventually come crawling back to him.

* WasItReallyWorthIt: Following Laurie's visit to his office, Jason privately questions whether throwing Casey under the bus in the public eye to get sympathy and money for himself was really worth it. He got his fifteen minutes of fame and his memoir did well at the time, but the money he made is mostly gone on drugs, divorces and propping up his failing business. His personal life is a mess; he's been divorced twice (and not amicably), he's addicted to pills and booze, and consumed with guilt over what he did to Casey. [[spoiler:It's implied Jason isn't even fully convinced Casey ''is'' guilty of murder and he just tried to make her ''look'' guilty out of selfishness and spite, which did nothing to improve his life in the long-run]].

* FatalAttractor: He had the misfortune of attracting mentally unstable women who became obsessive over him. His ex-girlfriend Gabrielle was stalking him short of turning up at his house and had convinced herself they were in a SecretRelationship (she had another ex-boyfriend file a restraining order against her). It's said that he and his fiancee Casey constantly argued (though some people say the arguments were more playful than aggressive) and that she had a drinking problem, humiliating him in public; she was convicted of killing him when he broke up with her and supposedly made up a wild story about being roofied by the real killer. [[spoiler:It turns out Casey is actually the sanest of the lot because her story is true; the real killer was another of Hunter's deranged exes, Casey's cousin Angela, who despite not having dated Hunter very long and being in a new relationship tried to sabotage his engagement to Casey, then killed him and framed Casey when it didn't work]].

!!Others
[[folder:Jason Gardner]]
!!Jason Gardner
Casey's ex-boyfriend, who she broke up with shortly before meeting Hunter; he wrote an unflattering memoir about their relationship titled ''My Days with Crazy Casey'' after her arrest for Hunter's murder and testified against her at the trial.

* BreakUpToMakeUp: His relationship with Angela ended badly, with Laurie being able to tell he still feels hurt by Angela comments to him when they broke up, [[spoiler:namely, telling him he would never live up to her ex-boyfriend Hunter in her eyes, whom she had remained obsessed with throughout her relationship with Sean]]. He does tell Laurie that he doesn't regret the break-up though, because he "found the real thing" not long after, meeting his future wife; they're still HappilyMarried over a decade later and are raising a few kids.

!!Paula Carter

!!Raleigh family and staff

[[folder:Hunter Raleigh]]
!!Hunter Raleigh III
The eldest son and heir of James Raleigh. He was a philanthropist and aspiring politician who was fatally shot in his home fifteen years ago; his fiancee Casey Carter was convicted of killing him.

* WasItReallyWorthIt: Following Laurie's visit to his office, Jason privately questions whether throwing Casey under the bus in the public eye to get sympathy and money for himself was really worth it. He got his fifteen minutes of fame and his memoir did well at the time, but the money he made is mostly gone on drugs, divorces and propping up his failing business. His personal life is a mess; he's been divorced twice (and not amicably), he's addicted to pills and booze, and consumed with guilt over what he did to Casey. It's implied Jason isn't even fully convinced Casey ''is'' guilty of murder and he just tried to make her ''look'' guilty out of selfishness and spite, which did nothing to improve his life in the long-run.

* GrandRomanticGesture: He admits that he intentionally went to the Raleigh Foundation gala because he knew Casey would be there, proclaiming his love for her in a last-ditch attempt to win her back (he even uses the term "grand romantic gesture" to describe his actions). It failed miserably, with Casey saying that with Hunter she finally felt she'd found true love and that Jason had made her feel "crazy" (in a pejorative sense), which meant Jason was subsequently stuck at the gala watching Casey and Hunter together.

* NeverMyFault: When Laurie first meets him and asks about his relationship with Casey, his response smacks of woe is me; he goes on about how he loved Casey but she felt he was never good enough for her and constantly nagged him about why he wasn't doing better at work, then abruptly dumped him for a rich aspiring politician, which broke him so badly it sent him into a downward spiral and caused him to lose his cushy job.  He gives Laurie the impression of blaming all of his problems on Casey with no acknowledgement of his own failings or mistakes. Jason also tries to deflect responsibility for writing the unflattering and inaccurate memoir about Casey, insisting his publisher forced his hand and that he badly needed the money after what Casey put him through.

* JerkassRealization: He has huge one and tells Laurie as much after it's revealed [[spoiler:Angela killed Hunter and set Casey up]]. [[spoiler:He swallowed his pride and apologised to Casey for treating her so badly throughout her relationship with Hunter and for organising a smear campaign against her; he says he now sees the qualities in Casey that his son loved when Casey swiftly forgave him. He tells Laurie he will come clean about this on her show too, as a way to atone. He also tells Laurie he sees now that he's been far too hard on his remaining son Andrew, especially when it comes to constantly comparing him with Hunter, and that he's going to try and be a better father to him moving forward]].

** He reluctantly corroborates Gabrielle's account that the night Hunter died, he drunkenly said that he might soon be the only son his father had left. He explains what he really meant was that Hunter and James had been arguing a lot about Hunter's engagement, with Andrew believing Hunter may have chosen Casey over his family. It's pointed out to him that this contradicts the prosecution's theory that Hunter and Casey's relationship was so troubled, he broke up with her that night and she killed him in retaliation.