Benny Choi is a Korean American shoe designer.
History[]
As a youth, he was involved in the Asian Boyz street gang. After an incident, he approached Lucifer Morningstar for a favor, Lucifer agreed to grant one, kept him out of jail and set him on track for his first show, while his friend Yellow Viper took the fall instead. When Viper was released, Benny attempted to frame him by having his assistant Hector shoot up Benny's show. While Hector deliberately avoided shooting anyone, there was still a death, a girl named Paula Cortez was trampled to death in the ensuing panic.
Lucifer arranged for Benny to meet Chloe and called in his favor, telling Benny to cooperate with her and answer all her questions in regard to the investigation into the shooting. Benny did so, and would later call Chloe to report that his pet pig had been murdered. When he was told Yellow Viper had been released from prison, "I sent him letters when he was inside San Quentin. Money for lawyers, too, but he sent the letters back all torn up, didn't take a dime. I always felt bad for how things turned out, how I got lucky. Viper went down, he was my best friend." Lucifer suggested with friends like that best hide the knives.
Chloe pointed out to Lucifer that by granting Benny the favor, there was unforeseen fallout for people like Yellow Viper. Lucifer had never considered the ramifications of his favors before, but insisted, "I can't be held responsible for what happens after I give someone a favor. I mean, if there's one thing the Devil knows, it's that people need to take responsibility for their own bad behavior."
With Lucifer's help, Chloe Decker figured out the shooting was staged. They confront Benny who attempts to gift a painting of his pig to Lucifer, but he said, "if there's one thing the Devil abhors, it's a fake.... You failed to inform me that in getting you off the B&E charge, suspicion would immediately fall on your best friend." Benny assistant admits to firing a gun into a crowd - at Benny's insistence, and killing Pig Diddy - whom he loved - as well as planting the gun on Viper, all at Benny's direction. Lucifer then throws Benny through the painting and decides he likes it better that way.
Appearances[]
| Season One | ||
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| #5 | "Sweet Kicks" | Appears |
| Season Four | ||
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| #2 | "Somebody's Been Reading Dante's Inferno" | Appears |
Trivia[]
- Benny's pet pot-bellied pig was called Pig-Diddy