‘General Hospital’ Writer Makes Blunt Confession About Luke & Laura Rape Storyline

Warning: The following post contains discussion of sexual assault.

General Hospital writer Sheri Anderson recently made a blunt confession about the controversial Luke and Laura rape storyline, 47 years after it was featured on the long-running soap opera.

During an interview on Michael Fairman Channel that live-streamed on June 11, Anderson, 77, opened up about how the episodes — which aired in 1979 and featured Luke (Anthony Geary) sexually assaulting Laura (Genie Francis) — came about. She said the head writer, Pat Falken Smith, told the writing team, “Jackie Smith, who was head of the network, wants Luke to rape Laura.”