Timothy Hutton's role in Leverage: Redemption was written out due to serious rape allegations against him. Leverage: Redemption continued successfully without Nate Ford, focusing on other key characters from the original series. Hutton is in a legal battle with the studio for $3 million and has had limited acting roles post-controversy, including a minor role in Women of the Movement.

Contains discussion of sexual assault allegations and subsequent legal proceedings.

Leverage returned in 2021 with the revival Leverage: Redemption, but Timothy Hutton's Nate Ford was missing. 2008's Leverage ran for five seasons and united a band of criminals under Nate’s leadership to con the wealthy and corrupt. Although the team first formed as a way for Nate to get revenge on his old company for his son’s death, Leverage quickly grew beyond his vendetta, positioning the revival to continue without him after recent allegations made Tim Hutton’s continued role impossible.