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Christian is initially characterized as a self-absorbed womanizer with no qualms about using people to get what he wants. He drives flashy cars, wears Gucci-brand clothes, and frequents Miami's best nightclubs. The character is eventually revealed to have a vulnerable side beneath his callous exterior, however. In one episode, he confesses that he was molested as a child by his foster father. This early trauma destroyed his faith in a just God, and he thereafter became an atheist. In another story arc, he meets his biological mother, who tells him that he is the product of rape; she then cuts off any contact with him because he is the spitting image of his father, her rapist.

In the third season, Christian himself is raped by The Carver, a masked serial killer preying on McNamara/Troy's patients. Adding insult to injury, he is briefly suspected of, and arrested once for, the Carver's crimes. A distraught Christian temporarily withdraws from work, prompting Sean to bring in another surgeon, Quentin Costa. Costa inserts himself in Christian's relationship with Kimber Henry, and the two become bitter rivals. He has also stated in oneof the episodes that his penis is 10 inches long.