General Hospital Spoilers: Sidwell’s Reasons for Buying Michael’s Custody Victory – The Truth Behind Judge Bribery

General Hospital (GH) spoilers reveal that Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) was relieved when Judge Eva Heran’s (Tess Auberjonois) sided with him in court. Willow Tait (Katelyn MacMullen) lost big time as Michael scored sole custody of Wiley Corinthos (Viron Weaver) and Amelia Corinthos (Sequoia and Serenity Mork Macko).

Unfortunately, GH fans just got confirmation that Michael’s win wasn’t legitimate.

In the June 19 episode, Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) met with Judge Heran at Wyndemere, where she pointed out that she granted Michael sole custody like Sidwell wanted.

That news pleased Sidwell, who assured Judge Heran that the rest of the money would be wired into her bank account.

Now that fans know Sidwell bought Michael’s custody victory, we have to consider why.

What would motivate Sidwell to go as far as bribing Judge Heran to ensure Michael came out on top?

There could be multiple reasons for Sidwell’s actions, so let’s talk about them.

For starters, Sidwell may be setting up some leverage for himself.

If Sidwell exhausts all options when it comes to eliminating Sonny Corinthos’ (Maurice Benard) influence in Port Charles, he might use this rigged custody win as an ace in the hole.

Sidwell could threaten to expose the bribery behind Judge Heran’s decision and get the ruling overturned.

It’d be easy for Sidwell to keep his hands clean if he made Judge Heran disappear and then framed Sonny – first for the bribery and then for the disappearing!

If Sonny doesn’t start cooperating, then Sidwell could promise that Michael is going to lose his kids.

Sonny could go down in the process, so Sidwell might have a new path to casting him aside.

There’s even a chance Sidwell will use this leverage with Michael and push him to make Sonny see things his way.

This scheme could be more about using Michael to shift Sonny’s perspective and talk him into the deal for the piers.

However, there could be another reason for Sidwell’s bribery plot.

If Sidwell was behind the penthouse explosion, he could be at least partially motivated by guilt.

Sidwell has a soft spot for his own son, Marco Rios (Adrian Anchondo), and seems like a pretty complex villain.

What if Sidwell was responsible for the blast and wants to make things up to Michael on some level since he was injured by mistake?

Locking in this custody win for Michael might’ve been a way to offer restitution, so that’s worth keeping in mind.

Sidwell might be hoping that it’ll work out for everyone if Sonny caves in and Michael keeps his children.

Regardless, General Hospital spoilers say trouble could be brewing for Michael if this bribery secret leaks, so stay tuned for updates on all the chaos.