General Hospital Bombshell: Who Framed Drew — And the Shocking Motive Exposed
General Hospital flips the script on Drew: the hunter becomes the hunted when a shock culprit frames him with a planted smoking gun. The motive hits close to home—and it’s poised to blow up Port Charles.
Port Charles just did that thing it does: flipped the board mid-game. Drew is not the one pulling strings this time — he is the one being set up, and the frame is nasty.
So who actually set up Drew?
Short answer: Sonny Corinthos. Longer answer: Sonny cooked up the whole thing and had his go-to fixer, Brick, plant evidence that makes Drew look like he bribed a judge and maybe even helped get that judge killed.
How the frame job works
A wire transfer linked to Judge Herrin turned up in the worst possible place: Drew’s safe. Brick made the transfer look like it came from Drew’s account and engineered it so the cops would find it. On top of that, money popped up in Judge Herrin’s account — the kind of deposit that screams bribe — which makes the setup stick.
Why Sonny did it
This is Sonny going on offense after realizing someone tried to box him in with a similar play. That earlier scheme was designed to make it look like Michael leaned on his father for custody wins involving Wiley and Amelia — and to funnel Sonny toward a murder rap for killing Judge Herrin. So Sonny flipped the script to shield Michael and himself, and Drew is the fall guy.
Where we are on screen
In the September 15 episode, the PCPD hits Drew’s safe. Detective Chase and Commissioner Turner pull a wire transfer document out of it, and the planted funds tied to the judge are what really make the case look ugly — bribery, corruption, and possibly murder territory.
The fallout (and the messy part)
- Drew is in the hospital while this blows up.
- His lawyer, Martin, scrambles to file an injunction to stop the safe search — too late, the police already went through it.
- The conspiracy shifts the shooter conversation: Anna points out that if Willow believed Drew bribed the judge and that cost her custody of her kids, then she suddenly has a real motive to shoot him.
It’s very soap, also very Sonny: a preemptive strike dressed up as justice. Bottom line, Drew is now staring down bribery accusations on top of a murder-adjacent scandal, and the walls are closing in fast.