In 1993, Sonny was living with his ward, Stone Cates, above the Paradise Lounge strip bar. When he met pretty teenager Karen Wexler, he dared her to take it all off - and she did.

Sonny began an affair with his newest attraction and fought to keep her for himself even as she descended deeper into the throes of drug addiction. At one point, after ordering a hit on Karen's estranged boyfriend, Jagger Cates, who wanted to get her back on the straight and narrow, Sonny even threatened Karen herself.

After the Port Charles police closed down the Paradise Lounge for employing minors like Karen and Stone, Sonny became the front man for mobster Frank Smith, Luke Spencer's longtime nemesis. When Frank was killed, Sonny bluffed his way through a mob war with Puerto Rican gangster Rivera so beautifully that he wound up taking over all of Frank's holdings.

At the same time, romance was blossoming between Sonny and model Brenda Barrett. The unlikely duo were crazy about one another and even went so far as to move in together. But Brenda was suspicious of Sonny's mob ties, and in 1995, she agreed to wear a wire when she investigated her fears. Lily Rivera tipped off her friend, Sonny, to Brenda's plan, and the couple broke up - each of them feeling betrayed by the other.

That same year, Sonny was reunited with his estranged father, Mike Corbin. In 1996, in exchange for Rivera's help in getting racketeering charges against him dropped, Sonny agreed to marry his confidante, Lily.

Although Sonny cared for his new bride, his heart still belonged to Brenda. He was about to break it to Lily that he was leaving her when she told him that she was pregnant with his child.

Tragedy struck shortly thereafter when Lily was killed by a car bomb that her father intended to blow up Sonny. In his grief and shame, Rivera killed himself, in the process, making Sonny the new crime boss of Port Charles.

Brenda came to Sonny in his hour of need, but she was not free to resume their relationship. She had married suave Australian financier Jax. Sonny didn't trust Jax from the getgo and endeavored to dig up some dirt on his rival. What he found was Jax's long-lost wife, Miranda Jameson, whom he brought to disrupt Brenda and Jax's renewal of their vows ceremony. It worked - to a point. Brenda called off the event but not the marriage.

In 1997, when Sonny and Brenda were trapped together in the catacombs beneath Port Charles and certain they were going to die, they gave in to the passion that had smoldered beneath their surface feelings for so long and made love.

Sonny and Brenda became a full fledged couple and planned on getting married. Sonny, however, realized that Brenda would never be truly safe at his side and made the ultimate sacrifice when he left her standing at the altar. Sonny then lived in a self imposed exile on his island in the Carribean.

Sonny returned to Port Charles at the urging of Jason to settle some unrest within the organization. Once back in town, Sonny decided to stay and take back control of his business with Jason.

Sonny was taken aback one day when he met Hannah Scott, a young woman who greatly resembled Brenda. Sonny quickly entered into a romance with Hannah and was outraged to discover that she was really an FBI agent assigned to bring him down. Sonny ended his relationship with Hannah and refused to believe that she had ever truly loved him. This sent Sonny on a downward emotional spiral which resulted in him having a one night stand with Carly, who became pregnant. Sonny and Jason's friendship was destroyed by this betrayal and Sonny was further convinced that he only brought pain to those he cared about.

Sonny now lives with Carly Benson at Harbor View Towers, Penthouse #4 122 Harbor View Dr. in Port Charles, New York.