The new cast of Hadestown has been announced, and the internet is not pleased. In a post on X, the official Hadestown account uploaded a video showing a handful of actors from the production, one of whom is former CSI star Gay Douden, who was arrested for felony battery in November 2011. The caption for the post was “give him just a chance,” a lyric from the Fleetwood Mac song “Silver Springs” that accompanied the video.
Users in the comment section believe the post to be in extremely poor taste. In response to the post, one X user commented “no, I don’t think I will.” Another user wrote “‘give him a chance’ he broke a womans nose.” Douden avoided serving jail time for allegedly attacking his partner, and pled “no contest” to his felony charge. He was sentenced to five years of formal probation and was ordered to complete 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling. While serving his probation, he was legally forbidden to see his now ex-girlfriend.
