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Paul Bennett is a supporting antagonist of the television series Dexter.
He is the abusive ex-husband of Rita Bennett, Dexter Morgan's girlfriend, and the father of her children, Cody and Astor.
Before the events of the show, Paul was Rita Bennet's second husband. He was an abusive drug addict, regularly beating and raping her while under the influence of heroin and crack cocaine. Finally, with the encouragement of Dexter's foster sister Debra, she went to the police and put him in prison.
Season One[]
Unfortunately, Paul is let out early after only six months due to overcrowding and good behavior. He infuriates Rita by picking up Cody and Astor from school without her permission. He later meets Dexter, and they instantly dislike each other.
Despite being told to stay away from Rita, Paul visits her and the children in an attempt to win them over by giving them gifts. Cody is thrilled but Astor (who remembers the abuse) is terrified by her father. When Paul later goes to see his children, he is told by Dexter that he doesn't feel comfortable letting him in the house without Rita present. Paul throws a punch at Dexter in an attempt to scare and intimidate him, but Dexter doesn't flinch; Paul leaves after telling Dexter to tell Rita he was there.
Rita later visits Paul at a motel and says she will let him have supervised visits with the children if he signs official divorce papers, which he does.
Paul is angered when Rita goes away on a weekend with Dexter, so he later shows up drunk at Rita's house and attempts to rape her, but Rita successfully defends herself by whacking him over the head with a baseball bat before fleeing to a neighbor's house with Cody and Astor.
Paul then files assault charges against her, offering to drop the charges if she lets him have unsupervised visits with Cody and Astor, an offer she refuses. Later, while talking to Dexter, Paul insults Rita several times and threatens Dexter again. Angered by this, Dexter whacks him over the head with a frying pan, sneaks him out of the house to plant heroin in his arm, and he is sent to prison.
Season Two[]
During the episode "It's Alive", Rita gets a call from the prison letting her know that Paul was killed by another inmate.
Paul is given a proper funeral instead of a state one in the episode "Waiting to Exhale", so that her children will get some closure.
