That’s because he was played by actor James Franco rather than Roger Howarth (viaSoaps In Depth).
He stopped short of actually raping her, but she was passed out and never knew what happened.
Soon after that, James Franco left “GH” to continue with his movie career.

Thus, he became one of manycelebrities to appear on “General Hospital.”
“I said, ‘What if I really did that?
Wouldn’t that be interesting,'” Franco asked The New Yorker.

They were very happy.
They said, ‘you could do anything what kind of part would you like to play?’
“It was a different form of entertainment that I had ever worked in,” he said.
