Prentiss Industries was owned by Vanessa Prentiss. It was later acquired by Victor Newman. Lucas Prentiss warned Victor he'd get Prentiss Industries back someday. In 1982, Lorie Brooks and Lucas came up with a scheme that Lorie would seduce a single Victor into marriage and then just before the wedding convince him to sign over to her the controlling stock shares in PI. It worked. Before the ceremony, Victor handed Lorie a document that gave her control of Prentiss Industries. Shortly thereafter, Victor searched for Lorie who had suddenly disappeared. Instead, he found a letter from Lorie informing him that she wasn't interested in marrying him.