Yellowstone star’s absence from spinoff Marshals is CONFIRMED as she doesn’t attend premiere

There is another very strong hint that a Yellowstone cast member has not made it into the new spinoff show Marshals, which will debut on March 1.

On Tuesday evening Kelsey Asbille, 34, was not seen at the Los Angeles premiere for the new series.

The splashy event was held at Autry Museum of the American West.

Asbille starred on Yellowstone as Monica Dutton, the wife of Kayce Dutton who is played by Luke Grimes.

Grimes, however, was at the premiere as he is the main star of Marshals. Also present was 17-year-old Brecken Merrill, who portrayed Kayce and Monica’s son Tate Dutton on Yellowstone.

The former child star looked much older than he did when he was on the hit series, which ended with its fifth season in December 2024.

There is another hint that a Yellowstone cast member has not made it into the spinoff Marshals. On Tuesday evening Kelsey Asbille was not seen at the premiere for the new series. Seen second from right with, from left, Luke Grimes, Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser
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There is another hint that a Yellowstone cast member has not made it into the spinoff Marshals. On Tuesday evening Kelsey Asbille was not seen at the premiere for the new series. Seen second from right with, from left, Luke Grimes, Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser

Grimes, however, was at the premiere on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles
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Grimes, however, was at the premiere on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles

The Yellowstone spinoff Marshals: A Yellowstone Story will be on CBS and stream on Paramount+. The debut is March 1

The Yellowstone spinoff Marshals: A Yellowstone Story will be on CBS and stream on Paramount+. The debut is March 1

The trailer for Marshals also signaled that Asbille is not on the show.

A sheet was seen being placed over a body in Kayce’s bed in the January clip. Later, Kayce is seen lying there, with the spot next to him empty.

In a voiceover, Kayce is heard saying that the only thing that meant anything to him was taken away.

Some fans were furious at the move: ‘They did Monica dirty! How can they kill her off like that?’ said one fan on Reddit, while another chimed in, ‘No love for poor Monica, sad.’

Also in the clip, some of his female Marshal coworkers seem to fancy Kayce, which hints at a new romance.

Asbille may show up in flashback shots, however. The network has yet to confirm anything.

The spinoff, which will debut on March 1, is centered around an elite team of US Marshals in Montana.

This tough group takes on gang members, the cartels and even Grizzly bears.

Asbille, left, with the actor Brecken Merrill who plays their son, and Grimes, far right
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Asbille, left, with the actor Brecken Merrill who plays their son, and Grimes, far right

Merrill wore a pink tie and oversized jeans to the premiere
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Merrill wore a pink tie and oversized jeans to the premiere

(L-R) Brett Cullen, Morgan Lindholm, Ash Santos, Moses Brings Plenty, Grimes, Merrill, Arielle Kebbel, Gil Birmingham, Tatanka Means, Ellyn Jameson and Riley Green on Tuesday
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 (L-R) Brett Cullen, Morgan Lindholm, Ash Santos, Moses Brings Plenty, Grimes, Merrill, Arielle Kebbel, Gil Birmingham, Tatanka Means, Ellyn Jameson and Riley Green on Tuesday

Gil Birmingham is returning as Broken Rock Reservation chief Thomas Rainwater.

He is seen in an earlier trailer telling Kayce that all the Duttons are born killers, but that Kayce is different because he is a ‘protector.’

The show also brings back Mo Brings Plenty as Mo.

American Horror Story star Ash Santos, Killers of the Flower Moon actor Tatanka Means and The Vampire Diaries alumna Arielle Kebbel have also been cast.

They are joining the program as series regulars, playing Kayce’s fellow US Marshals, respectively called Andrea, Miles and Belle.

Several cast members from the original Yellowstone show are starring on Marshals
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Several cast members from the original Yellowstone show are starring on Marshals

Meanwhile, Brett Cullen, who played Batman’s father Thomas Wayne in Joker, will recur as the Montana head of the US Marshals, Harry Gifford.

Marshals: A Yellowstone Story will also feature Logan Marshall-Green, whose casting as Kayce’s old military buddy Pete Calvin was announced last year.

The show’s logline says Kayce will attempt to ‘bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence.’

Grimes starred throughout the hugely successful five-season run of Yellowstone as Kayce Dutton, one of the family of ranchers at the center of the story.

Gil Birmingham is also coming back as Broken Rock Reservation chief Thomas Rainwater (left) and Mo Brings Plenty as his aide-de-camp Mo (right)
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Gil Birmingham is also coming back as Broken Rock Reservation chief Thomas Rainwater (left) and Mo Brings Plenty as his aide-de-camp Mo (right)

Grimes became a household name on the smash hit series playing Kayce Dutton, the son of Kevin Costner's rancher patriarch, John Dutton
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Grimes became a household name on the smash hit series playing Kayce Dutton, the son of Kevin Costner’s rancher patriarch, John Dutton

Kevin Costner left the show after filming only the first half of season five, prompting his character, John Dutton, to be killed off in a murder-for-hire plot.

His departure came under a cloud of rumors that he feuded with Taylor Sheridan, though he evidently ultimately left the show over scheduling conflicts with his own four-part Western movie Horizon, which he directed, starred in and co-wrote.

Horizon, a decades-long passion project that Costner poured over $38 million of his own money into, debuted its first part last year to dismal box office results.