Time to say good-bye to Aaron Hotchner. Thomas Gibson, who plays the FBI particular agent on Criminal Minds, is leaving the long-running CBS crime procedural, manufacturers introduced on Friday, August 12. The information follows the actor’s altercation with a show writer, which went public on August 11.

“Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from Criminal Minds,” ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios stated in a remark launched to Us Weekly. “Creative details for how the nature’s exit will probably be addressed in the display might be introduced at a later date.”

Gibson addressed his exit in a commentary released to Us: “I like Criminal Minds and have put my center and soul into it for the remaining twelve years. I had was hoping to see it via to the tip, but that received’t be conceivable now. I would similar to to say thank you to the writers, manufacturers, actors, our wonderful team, and most importantly, the most efficient fans that a display could ever hope to have.”

The 54-year-old actor, who has starred at the drama for the reason that September 2005 pilot, had previously been suspended for 2 episodes after stories surfaced that he kicked a writer within the leg on the set a few weeks ago during a spat a few season 12 episode that Gibson used to be directing.

“There had been creative differences at the set and a war of words,” the Dharma and Greg alum mentioned in a statement on August 11. “I be apologetic about that it took place. We all need to work in combination as a group to make the best display conceivable. We all the time have and all the time will.”

A supply instructed Us that the on-set spat was a “minor confrontation,” and that Gibson is a “kind-hearted family man.”

This was once already a time of transition for the popular show. Original collection celebrity Shemar Moore (Derek Morgan) said goodbye in season 11, whilst Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss) returns in a routine capability for season 12.

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Criminal Minds returns to CBS Wednesday, September 28, at Nine p.m. ET.

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