The legal battle between Timothy Hutton and the Leverage producers has been settled. Electric Entertainment, the company behind the revival show Leverage: Redemption, has been sued by Hutton for breach of contract. The case has been settled. According to Deadline, the terms of the settlement are secret and need to be approved by a judge. As part of the deal—Hutton will get eight figures.
Hutton played Nate Ford, the leader of a group of con artists, in all five seasons of Leverage when it first aired on TNT. When the show came back on Amazon’s Freevee (formerly IMDb TV) in 2021, Hutton’s character wasn’t there— in fact, the first episode revealed that Nate had died. A lot of the original cast came back for the revival, and Noah Wyle added a new character.
In February 2022, Hutton sued Electric Entertainment, saying that they broke their contract by not including him in the revival. He was fired after a sexual assault claim was made against him. Hutton denied the claim, and police didn’t press charges because they didn’t have enough proof. Electric Entertainment said that Hutton didn’t tell them about the claims during contract talks and that they decided to move forward without him once they knew about them.
The court case is over with this settlement, which marks the end of a difficult time for both sides. At the same time—Leverage: Redemption has kept picking up speed. The third season will start on Prime Video next year.
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