Forrester Creations has survived hostile takeovers, bedroom betrayals, and family feuds that could fill an entire runway with shattered glass — but nothing prepared the fashion empire for the kind of betrayal that doesn’t arrive with a scream. It arrives with paperwork.

In a stunning turn of events that instantly reframes the power dynamics inside the Forrester executive suite, Carter Walton—the steady legal anchor Ridge Forrester has relied on for years—appears to have flipped the board and handed Katie Logan the one weapon Ridge believed he’d secured for himself: the Logan brand name.

And if Ridge thought this was just another corporate squabble he could muscle into submission? He was wrong. Because this isn’t merely about a trademark. It’s about trust, legacy, and the moment a loyal insider decides he can’t keep defending a family that, in his eyes, has started devouring its own.

Ridge’s “victory lap” turns into a public humiliation

The day begins with Ridge in full command mode — the kind of confidence that only comes when you think the war is already won. An emergency meeting is called at Forrester Creations, but not to put out a fire. Ridge believes the fire has been put out. He’s ready to celebrate.

The point of the meeting is simple: confirm that the Logan trademark has been renewed under Forrester’s control, effectively choking off Katie’s plans to launch her new fashion venture under the Logan name. Steffy is there, sharp and ready to defend the family business like it’s a sacred monument. Brooke is there too — but unlike Ridge and Steffy, she isn’t relaxed. There’s tension in her posture, the kind that suggests she knows something is off, even if she can’t name it yet.

Ridge frames the issue as a matter of “brand integrity,” insisting the Logan name belongs under the Forrester umbrella. But the subtext is unmistakable: this is also about dominance. About reminding Katie that stepping away from Forrester doesn’t mean she gets to walk away with a piece of its mythology.

Then Carter walks in.

And the atmosphere changes.

Carter arrives like a man carrying a verdict, not a win

Usually, Carter Walton is the calm in the Forrester storm — polished, charming, the man who can talk a courtroom into silence and a family into temporary peace. But not today. Today he looks cold, controlled, and almost… resolved.

He doesn’t greet Ridge the way he normally would. He doesn’t indulge Steffy’s confidence. He doesn’t soften Brooke’s nerves. Instead, he carries a thick legal portfolio like it weighs more than paper ever should — like it contains consequences.

Ridge, oblivious to the warning signs, reaches for his moment. He wants Carter to announce the renewal like a trophy presentation. He wants confirmation. He wants his victory sealed in ink.

Carter’s response is chillingly simple: the paperwork is filed.

Ridge smiles — until Carter tells him to open it.

The line that detonates everything: “Owner: Katie Logan Spencer”

Ridge flips through the file expecting to see Forrester Creations listed as owner. Instead, his face shifts in real time — from certainty to confusion, from confusion to disbelief, and from disbelief to fury.

Because the trademark isn’t in Forrester’s name.

It’s in Katie’s.

The Logan name, the legal identity Ridge thought he’d locked down, now belongs to the very woman he wanted to block. The phrase “Owner: Katie Logan Spencer” doesn’t just land like a legal blow — it lands like a personal one. It’s humiliation in black and white.

Steffy explodes first, calling it conflict of interest, malpractice, betrayal. Brooke looks like she can’t decide whether to panic for the company or mourn the family fracture that’s widening in front of her.

And Carter? Carter doesn’t flinch.

He says it isn’t a mistake.

It’s a correction.

Why Carter turns on Ridge: the Eric factor changes everything

Here’s where the story stops being a business headline and becomes an emotional reckoning.

Carter doesn’t just justify his decision with legal logic. He justifies it with morality — and he aims that argument directly at Ridge.

In Carter’s eyes, the Forrester empire has crossed a line. Not because it tried to protect a trademark, but because of how it’s been treating the people who built the brand’s soul. Carter’s rage doesn’t center on Katie alone. It centers on Eric Forrester.

Carter accuses Ridge of pushing Eric out of the company under the guise of “protecting him,” calling it what he believes it really is: a power grab. A son forcing his father into the background so he can wear the crown uninterrupted.

And in that moment, you can feel the shift: Carter isn’t just angry. He’s done.

He’s watched the family rewrite its values, watched compassion get replaced by control, watched legacy become a weapon instead of an inheritance. And when the Logan trademark lands in his hands, he can’t bring himself to use it as another tool in Ridge’s war.

So he doesn’t.

He gives it to Katie.

Brooke gets trapped in the middle — again

If there’s one person whose reaction is layered with heartbreak, it’s Brooke. Because this isn’t a simple “Ridge versus Katie” chess match. Brooke is tied to all of it — the Logan name, the Forrester legacy, and the men who keep forcing her to choose sides.

Carter’s move doesn’t just threaten Forrester Creations. It threatens Brooke’s identity. If the Logan brand is no longer automatically synonymous with Forrester, what does that mean for the legacy Brooke has spent decades defending? And if Carter is right about Eric — if Ridge is truly bulldozing his father’s dignity — then Brooke is forced to face a brutal question:

Has she been enabling the very arrogance that’s now destroying her family?

Carter doesn’t just walk away — he defects

The most dangerous part of this twist is that Carter doesn’t make his stand and then apologize for it. He doesn’t wait to be fired. He claims he already resigned. He’s not negotiating.

And then he drops the final match into gasoline: he’s not just helping Katie secure the Logan name. He’s joining her.

If that holds, it’s more than betrayal — it’s a strategic nightmare for Ridge. Carter knows the contracts. The vulnerabilities. The old scandal cover-ups. The pressure points that never made it into public filings. He knows the Forrester playbook because he helped write it.

Now that knowledge moves to Katie’s side.

And Steffy’s vow to “burn the new company to the ground” doesn’t sound like hyperbole. It sounds like a mission statement.

The war ahead: a fashion empire vs. a woman with nothing left to lose

What makes this storyline so combustible is that it turns a name into a symbol. “Logan” is no longer just branding — it’s ownership of narrative. It’s who gets to define the future of fashion in Los Angeles, and who gets left clinging to the past.

Ridge believed he could stop Katie by controlling a word.

Carter just proved that the real power wasn’t the word.

It was the people willing to fight for what it represents.

And now, with Carter stepping out of Forrester’s shadow and into Katie’s corner, this isn’t just a family feud. It’s a civil war — one stitched together with old resentment, fresh betrayal, and the kind of strategic revenge that doesn’t need to shout to be lethal.

Because the most dangerous part of Carter Walton’s move isn’t that he gave Katie the Logan name.

It’s that he made Ridge realize, in one brutal moment, that the people who used to protect his kingdom… might be the ones best equipped to bring it down.