Antonio "Anton" McCloud

Born and raised in Springfield, MA (circa 1973)

Current Residence: Springfield Lakes Resort with Malina Ramirez

Relatives:
ø Dylan McCloud (brother)
ø Beau Devereaux (cousin)

Children: None

Marital Status: Romantically involved with Malina Ramirez

Past Entanglements:
ø Karen Carpenter (one-night stand)

Occupation: Reporter

Represented by:
ø Mark Consuelos [ Episode 9 - Present ]

About Anton

Before his lateral career move into reporting, Anton used to work for HatcherKeller & Associates Investigations as Rochelle Desmores' personal assistant. He was quite protective of her, which threatened his budding romance with Malina Ramirez. After the murder of Leonard Stone, he could not shake the image of Rochelle covered in "blood." When "Leonard" was later revealed to be alive, he pushed aside his suspicions.

Much to his and Malina's delight, Anton was offered an opportunity as a news reporter for an underdeveloped news agency, Showtime Limits. The agency would later be bought by Kyle Sharrington-Pierre, sparking an unlikely friendship between both men. Unfortunately, his excitment over his new gig would be overshadowed by memories of his dead cousin, Beau, who went missing after a dangerous water stunt in their teens. Office security footage revealed that Beau was alive and orchestrating the hauntings as revenge. Anton, however, was too stressed by Leonard Stone's murder conviction trial to deal with his cousin's feuding. Malina intervened, convincing her boyfriend's cousin to let bygones be bygones.

With Kyle and Lacreasha's recent engagement announcement in season five, Anton has been re-evaluating his own relationship. He and Malina have been seeing each other for over a year and are now living under the same roof, so what's stopping them from walking down the aisle?! He loves her, she loves him, and he can't imagine life without her: so is marriage the next step?! Anton will continue to be troubled by this dilemma until a series of events puts everything into perspective, starting in episode 298.