The Crimes and Misdemeanors of Cane Ashby

Cane Ashby: Loving husband, devoted father, all-around squeaky clean family man. Right? Wrong!

Although Cane has become one of our favorite good guy romantic leads within the past few years, we also have to remember: He has a resume of crimes, lies, and scandal. We love to love him… but Cane Ashby is no angel.



Here’s a handy list of the crimes and misdemeanors of Cane Ashby, courtesy of the fantastic Young and the Restless Fan Wiki!

From his first appearance in 2007 until today in 2017, Cane Ashby has:

  • Committed fraud by posing as Phillip Chancellor III.
  • Gaslighted his wife, Lily Ashby, while posing as his twin brother, Caleb Atkinson.
  • Got arrested for a drunken bar fight with majority of the other characters who attended Nick’s bachelor party and Sharon’s bachelorette party.
  • Cheated on Lily by kissing Lauren (June 2016).
  • Punched Joe Clark (July 2015).
  • Punched Joe again.
  • Got in a fight with Billy Abbott (July 2016)
  • Paid Jessie, the cameraman, to alter footage and make it look like Billy was gambling with two hockey players (May 2017)
  • Can you remember any other of Cane’s scandals or shady dealings to add to the Y&R fan wiki? Leave a comment!

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    Gerri
    Gerri
    7 years ago

    Do we know exactly how much he paid Jesse, to delete the footage ?

    Colleen
    Colleen
    7 years ago

    Didn’t Cane haunt Lily for awhile?

    dan
    dan
    7 years ago

    he pretended to be Phillip Chancellor III, and Chloe was pregnant with the Chancellor heir and they both went along with it, knowing damn well that Cane wasn’t a Chancellor and Chloe was really pregers by no good Billy, which at that time he was going by Liam, and gosh, I don’t remember the year, but when Cane was working for Chancellor and he was in charge of purchasing a pharmaceutical company, it was supposed to revolutionize the Cancer war (which at that time Lily was going through it) Newman supposed to purchase the pharmaceutical company but Cane’s dad was… Read more »

    Keri
    Keri
    8 years ago

    Dies anyone know the name of the actor that is playing Jesse the camera man?

    Gina
    Gina
    8 years ago

    I’m glad u pointed out all of cane’s misdemeanors!! I’ve actually been wondering if this is really Cane and not Caleb. Wouldn’t that be a storyline yet to be uncovered. Caleb posing as Cane for all this time? It wouldn’t surprise me.

    Mary Ann
    Mary Ann
    8 years ago

    Thank you for putting this information together. It really reinforces my thoughts that the writers have gone too far with this character. Cane is this writing regime’s Sharon but worse. At least Sharon was never mean or petty. Cane was a con man before I started back watching in early 2010. I have only seen Cane portrayed by various previous regimes as “not perfect but always loving toward his wife and family” and mostly minded his own business. These new writers have really ruined the character for me. If someone had asked me which character would be leaving this summer,… Read more »