Michael Trucco has been cast as Abby Whelan’s abusive ex-husband on ABC’s hit Washington, D.C. drama Scandal.

Michael Trucco On 'Scandal'

Trucco has landed the part of Charles Putney on Scandal, who beat Abby (Darby Stanchfield) when they were still married years prior, breaking her jaw and a number of ribs, reported Entertainment Weekly. Olivia (Kerry Washington) ultimately took matters into her own hands and attacked him with a tire iron.

As of yet, it hasn’t been revealed exactly what brings Charles to Washington.

Trucco is likely best known for starring as Ensign Samuel Anders on Battlestar Galactica and Justin Patrick in Fairly Legal. He’s also had recurring roles on One Tree Hill, Castle, Young Justice, How I Met Your Mother, Revenge and Criminal Minds. His last starring TV role was in the short-lived Killer Women.

On Scandal, Abby is no longer a gladiator, is working as the White House press secretary and doesn’t want anything to do with Olivia. In Scandal's latest episode, she gets miffed when she finds out First Daughter Karen Grant made a raunchy sex tape while drunk and high at a party and it was Olivia who handled the situation.