General Hospitalstar Genie Francis will no longer defend Luke and Laura's rape scene: 'I think that the story was inappropriate'

General HospitalstarGenie Franciswill no longer answer for her character’s rape scene in the long-running soap.

“I didn’t even know what it was.

Francis joined the daytime drama in 1977 and portrayed Laura on and off for four decades.

Genie Francis and Anthony Geary as Luke and Laura on ‘General Hospital’.Everett Collection

Genie Francis.