Ben “Stitch” Rayburn and Abby Newman Rayburn are fictional characters and a couple from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. Abby Rayburn is the daughter of business tycoon, Victor Newman and Ashley Abbott. Ben Rayburn is a doctor and former army medic who served in the Afghanistan war with Victoria’s half-brother, Dylan McAvoy. Melissa has portrayed Abby since 2013, and the role of Stitch was originated by Sean Carrigan in 2013.