{"id":323112,"date":"2025-10-22T06:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/323112\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:10:13","slug":"chicago-pd-star-patrick-john-flueger-to-take-unexpected-leave-of-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/323112\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago PD Star Patrick John Flueger to Take Unexpected Leave of Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cChicago PD\u201d<\/a> is losing one of their own in Season 13, but only temporarily. <\/p>\n

Series regular Patrick John Flueger, who\u2019s played officer Adam Ruzek from the beginning, is taking an unexpected leave of absence from the NBC procedural for personal reasons, TheWrap has learned. It\u2019s not clear how long Flueger\u2019s hiatus will be, but he is expected to return later this season.<\/p>\n

The show is reworking scripts to acknowledge the character\u2019s absence, which Deadline reports<\/a> was sparked by the actor going through a difficult time in his personal life, including one instance of alcohol use on set. <\/p>\n

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\u201cChicago PD\u201d is part of the sprawling One Chicago franchise on NBC. The long-running shows have weathered their fair share of cast exits and leaves, including \u201cChicago Fire\u201d star Taylor Kinney taking a step back from the flagship series<\/a> for 10 months. \u201cChicago Med\u201d put fans through it in the past few episodes with the return of Dr. Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss) and Dr. Natalie Manning (Torrey DeVitto) in Season 11 with a difficult storyline involving Will\u2019s stepson<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Ruzek has been a key part of the \u201cChicago PD\u201d Intelligence unit from the start. His relationship with Kim Burgess (Marina Squerciati) delighted fans for years with its many ups and downs. The couple married in the Season 12 finale last spring. <\/p>\n

The \u201cOne Chicago\u201d shows, comprised of \u201cChicago Med,\u201d \u201cChicago Fire\u201d and \u201cChicago PD,\u201d air Wednesdays on NBC and stream the next day on Peacock. <\/p>\n

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