Cameron Kristen on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless was played by actor Linden Ashby. The character was not only new to the show, as he first appeared on Y&R for a brief period in 2003, followed by his exit in 2004. Linden had played the role since the beginning.
Cameron disappeared completely from The Young and the Restless for nearly two decades and returned to Genoa City in May 2023. He then exited the show within a month, after which he returned in June 2024. His storyline was marked by multiple near-death experiences, but this time Cameron is actually dead.
Cameron’s evil character on The Young and the Restless has got him in trouble a lot. His never-ending obsession with Sharon Newman created problems in the lives of Sharon, Nick, and their daughter Faith Newman. In the episodes aired in June 2024, Sharon stabbed Cameron to death to save herself and her daughter, whom he had tied with a bomb.
Cameron's obsession with Sharon ultimately led to his demise on The Young and the Restless.
Cameron Kristen, played by Linden Ashby, first appeared on The Young and the Restless between November 2003 and August 2004, after which he vanished for nearly 20 years from the show. Cameron made a return to Genoa City in May 2023 for a business deal with Newman Enterprises, but he started blackmailing Sharon that he would reveal that they shared physical relations a year back in Denver.
Now that Sharon was already with Nick Newman and didn’t want to lose him, she agreed to meet Cameron alone. Sharon warned him that nothing else could ever happen between them, but Cameron lost his mind and got violent with her. To save herself, Sharon banged his head with a champagne bottle, because of which she thought Cameron died.
To get rid of the body, Sharon disposed of it in a dumpster, but little did she know that he was alive. Cameron then returned to The Young and the Restless and haunted Sharon, pretending to be a ghost.
To confirm if Cameron was dead, she went back to the place where she had dumped him, but instead, she found the body of Frank Barritt, who was the father of her daughter Cassie. With this, Sharon was clear that the devil was back from the dead.
Cameron then showed up and socialized with everyone as he had gone on a vacation. He offered Nick a job at Kristen Incorporated after which Sharon decided to tell Nick the truth as she was done hiding her past.
Meanwhile, Sharon became the prime suspect in Frank’s murder and hence Cameron offered to help her. Cameron took Sharon on his private jet to a private island, but before they could reach the destination, Sharon tried to jump off the jet to save her from Cameron, but he wouldn’t let her go.
Nick, who had boarded the jet secretly, showed himself and threw Cameron off the jet with a parachute, following which the couple also jumped off. They landed in a cornfield and dragged Cameron through the country to hand him over to the police.
Then in May 2023 on The Young and the Restless, Sharon received an expensive champagne from someone unknown, followed by a letter from Colorado. Sharon doubted that this could potentially be Cameron, but she didn’t know that he was already in Genoa City. His obsession with Sharon had grown over time, as he threatened Faith and Sally, and surprised Sharon at Crimson Lights with his return, which came as a shock.
To keep threatening the Newmans, Cameron even poised Faith’s cat, and when Nick confronted him, he pressed false charges of assault on Nick. He then abducted Faith and blackmailed Sharon, saying he would let Faith go if she agreed to go along with him.
Sharon denied Cameron’s demand, after which she and Nick followed him to the place where he had hidden Faith. While trying to save Faith, Cameron threatened to slit Sharon’s throat, but before he could do anything, Chance Chancellor arrived there and Sharon managed to stab Cameron with the knife she had on her.
Chance helped the couple get rid of the bomb that was tied to Faith and announced that Cameron was dead. Even though the psycho had died, his fear in Sharon’s mind led her to hallucinate a face-off with him again.
Fans of The Young and the Restless can watch the new episodes of the show on CBS.