Phillip Newton

Phillip Newton is the father of Cassie Newton. He was portrayed by Glenn Morshower.

Biography
Mr. Newton has a reputation as a drunk, therefore Buffy suspected him hurting his daughter. She was proven wrong, however, when she discovered that Mr. Newton was not going to be with Cassie on the afternoon she was scheduled to die.

Phillip Newton is the ex-husband of Cassie's mom, who is not named in the series. It is unknown why they divorced though it was probably due to Mr. Newton's problem with alcohol.

Cassie
Though a drunk, it seems that Phillip never hurt his daughter, nor did he ever intend to. On the contrary, it seems that he was rather fond of his daughter, as he was very dissapointed when he discovered that Cassie's mom would not let Cassie see him on the weekend.