The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Elizabeth Leiner Exits as Tara Locke – Y&R Schemer’s Lengthy Prison Stint

The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Elizabeth Leiner Exits as Tara Locke – Y&R Schemer’s Lengthy Prison Stint

The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers reveal that Elizabeth Leiner has exited as Tara Locke, so Tara’s arrest set up the schemer’s lengthy prison stint. Fans watched as Tara was hauled off in handcuffs after embezzlement and fraud accusations came to light. Tara was taken into custody on August 6, so that marks the end of the road – and not a moment too soon for many viewers!

After all the trouble Tara’s caused in Genoa City, most of us won’t be sorry to see her go. Tara worked with Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) to drive Summer Newman (Hunter King) out of town – and she used her own little boy as leverage.

It was a low blow for Tara to threaten to disappear with Harrison Locke (Kellen Enriquez) if Summer didn’t do what she was told.

Now that Summer and Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) have made the decision to begin a new life together in Italy, there’s no reason to keep Tara around.

It was smart for the show to just rush Tara off canvas with jail time and be done with it!

Ashland Locke (Richard Burgi) mentioned that Tara was being arraigned in Manhattan and would likely make bail, but Tara will have to remain in New York.

As for Harrison, Kyle will keep holding out hope that Ashland will relent and let Harrison come live in Milan.

Kyle and Summer are more than willing to give Harrison a happy childhood there, so we’ll see if they get their wish.

Regardless, Tara’s looking at least a few years behind bars – even with a good lawyer.

That was Jack Abbott’s (Peter Bergman) prediction regarding Tara’s sentence, so that’s probably in line with what Y&R writers will go with for her court outcome.

Of course, Tara isn’t being killed off, so there’s always a chance she could stir up more trouble down the road.

If Summer and Kyle ever make comebacks – even in recast form – there’ll be the potential for more Harrison drama after Tara’s eventual release.

However, Kyle and Summer don’t have to worry about Tara anytime soon – and neither do fans who have grown tired of her antics!

The Young and the Restless spoilers say Tara’s exit will hopefully make way for a cast addition or two, so stay tuned.

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