# Sons of Guns star Will Hayden charged with child rape.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 27, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-guns-star-will-hayden-charged-with-child-rape/696646 "2014-08-27T16:24:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-guns-star-will-hayden-charged-with-child-rape/696646/21 "2014-08-28T03:05:22Z")

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> [@TheSeaOtter](#):
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> I tolerated the first couple of seasons of this show, but Will’s constant mistreatment of basically everyone he had any authority over got to be too mcuh. At the time, I figured he was just a regular garden-variety jerk, and possibly playing it up for TV. Guess not.

Yeah, me too. I can’t enjoy a show when I constantly want to punch a major character.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-guns-star-will-hayden-charged-with-child-rape/696646/22 "2014-08-28T03:11:04Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> If you’re referring to Casey Rayborn-Hicks (the name listed in the excerpt quoted in the OP), she’s the spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, not the alleged victim.
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> Good example of a poorly written news story. 🙂

Thanks, that was kind of you. :smack:

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-guns-star-will-hayden-charged-with-child-rape/696646/23 "2014-08-29T00:15:51Z")

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I really hope the charges prove to be false for the little girl’s sake. I don’t care about Will Hayden. But it would be great to hear that the 12-year old was not sexually assaulted.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-guns-star-will-hayden-charged-with-child-rape/696646/24 "2014-09-08T06:42:40Z")

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His eldest daughter is now coming out about getting abused as a child.

What’s odd is she’s been working side by side with her dad all these years. Never any indication anything was wrong. Hayden is finished. He’ll never get out of prison.

> **[‘Sons of Guns’ star William Hayden facing new rape accusations from older...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/09/07/sons-of-guns-star-william-hayden-facing-new-rape-accusations-from-older-daughter-stephanie-ford-report/)**
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> Another one of William Hayden’s daughters is speaking out against the “Sons of Guns” star, saying she was also raped by her father as a child. After Hayden’s 12-year-old dau…

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> Now Hayden’s oldest daughter is singing a different tune. Ford will reportedly meet with investigators in Baton Rouge, La., next week to provide details of the alleged abuse she suffered as a child.
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> Her husband, Kris Ford, also recently took to his Facebook page to address the situation — sharing a poem that has since been taken down from his page, TMZ reports.
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> “You fooled with my wife when she was young. Sucking and groping, do you remember what was done?" he apparently wrote.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sons-of-guns-star-will-hayden-charged-with-child-rape/696646/25 "2014-09-08T14:25:35Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> His eldest daughter is now coming out about getting abused as a child.
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> What’s odd is she’s been working side by side with her dad all these years. Never any indication anything was wrong. Hayden is finished. He’ll never get out of prison.  
> [‘Sons of Guns’ star William Hayden facing new rape accusations from older daughter Stephanie Ford: report – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/sons-guns-star-facing-new-rape-accusations-daughter-report-article-1.1931013)
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> > [@](#):
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> > Now Hayden’s oldest daughter is singing a different tune. Ford will reportedly meet with investigators in Baton Rouge, La., next week to provide details of the alleged abuse she suffered as a child.
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> > Her husband, Kris Ford, also recently took to his Facebook page to address the situation — sharing a poem that has since been taken down from his page, TMZ reports.
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> > “You fooled with my wife when she was young. Sucking and groping, do you remember what was done?" he apparently wrote.

Redneck poetry at it’s finest!

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