EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Smith Discusses Sonny — Did He REALLY Kill Deimos?!

First, Sonny confessed to murdering Deimos, although he didn’t actually remember stabbing his nefarious uncle. Now, Sonny has a key memory that could change everything. His portrayer, Freddie Smith, spoke exclusively with Soap Hub about it.

“Sonny came in super noble wanting to confess,” recalls Smith. “He really hated Deimos [Vincent Irizarry]… That’s one of his first impressions. He also remembers standing over his dead body. So he thinks –it had to have been me.”

Seeking Clarity
But the reality is Sonny doesn’t know for sure, and “he wants clarity to what actually happened,” notes Smith. “He needs to bring back the full memory of what went on, because he’s only been seeing pieces of that night.”

So when Marlena (Deidre Hall) arrives as the police station and offers to hypnotize Sonny, he agrees to do it. And so the process gets underway in the interrogation room.

A Major Memory
“Sonny starts talking about the night of the murder,” recounts Smith. “He’s going through what he’s already told everyone, when he has this moment. There’s a shift, and he remember something new… something big.

“He remembers moving Deimos’s dead body with Chad [Billy Flynn], which makes the situation worse.

Feeling Guilty
“When you already think you’re guilty and then you remember moving a dead body…” continues Smith. “It makes Sonny feel even more guilty.”

And with good reason. “Sonny hated Deimos so much,” explains Smith. “He remembers standing over the body, and there was a knife in it. He remembers moving the body. The only thing he doesn’t remember is the moment of pushing the knife into Deimos’s chest and actually killing him.”

The evidence is circumstantial, “and that’s what Paul [Christopher Sean] and Sonny’s dad [Justin, actor Wally Kurth] are holding onto,” says Smith. “They’re both like, ‘But you don’t remember actually doing it.’ Yet, to Sonny, it all seems very bad.”

Troubled Times
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Troubled Times
Sonny comes out of the hypnosis quite troubled and believing more definitively that he did indeed commit murder. “It’s adding on,” notes Smith. “It’s all sinking in, and Sonny really starts breaking down.”

If he’s convicted of murder, “Sonny knows he’s not going to be able to see Ari. He’s not going to be able to see Paul. If he goes to prison for life, that’s it. He’s definitely feeling the pressure, but more than anything he’s fearing losing his daughter and his love.”

Standing By His Man
Paul, however, refuses to believe the man he loves is a killer. “He’s the one telling Sonny, ‘You didn’t do it,’” recounts Smith. “He’s the one offering Sonny positivity and support.”

Determined to prove Sonny’s innocence, Paul brings John [Drake Hogestyn] in to investigate. “They go out looking for who else could have done this,” says Smith. “They know it wasn’t JJ [Casey Moss], and now it’s all on Sonny.”

A New Suspect
The duo’s investigation does lead to a new suspect, and it’s a member of Sonny’s own Kiriakis family: the wild and wanton Xander (Paul Telfer). But is he actually the killer or just a red herring?

In the interim, Sonny begins helping his own case “as memories start to come back to him” from that fateful night. “Sonny will remember certain events that actually help his case,” teases Smith.

“He’ll have a moment where, for the first time, he’s like — wait a minute. Maybe I didn’t do it. That’s a big shift.”

And, in the end, it might prove Sonny’s innocence.

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