The Oscar-winning actor says he was preparing to reprise his Leverage role in March 2020 when Buzzfeed News reported that a woman went to the Vancouver Police Department, alleging that Hutton had raped her when she was 14 in 1983. Hutton denied the allegation and alleged that the accuser was trying to extort him. Prosecutors later decided not to press charges. But in wake of the report, Leverage producer Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment dropped Hutton from Leverage: Redemption, IMDb TV's spinoff of Leverage, weeks after Buzzfeed's report with Noah Wyle tapped to lead the spinoff instead. According to Variety, "the suit alleges that Electric did nothing to investigate the allegation and ignored evidence that Hutton’s representatives presented that challenged the claim. The suit also alleges that Electric has violated the pay-or-play provision of Hutton’s agreement and still owes him at least $3 million." Hutton was replaced by Noah Wyle on Leverage: Redemption. Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has yet to respond to the lawsuit.
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