Jaina Lee Ortiz has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC series RJ Decker , which will star Scott Speedman in the title role.

The new series will premiere in the mid-season and Jaina joins the cast as part of a recasting.

Jaina ‘s role, which has been renamed, was originally played by Weruche Opia in the pilot. She will now play “Emi Ochoa, the shrewd-if-unpredictable daughter of a very powerful, very corrupt state senator with ties to RJ’s past,” according to Deadline .

Scott and Jaina are veterans of the ABC network following their roles in Shonda Rhimes shows Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 , respectively.

RJ Decker “centers on the eponymous RJ Decker ( Speedman ), a disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con who starts over as a private investigator in

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