Gareth Pierce will now play the son of Eileen Grimshaw after original star Bruno Langley's 2017 axing.
Bruno pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault in November.
Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that a crime had not been committed.
Bruno was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault last week.
The actor pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault yesterday.
Former Corrie actor star Bruno Langley grabbed a woman by the crotch and touched a second victim on her “boobs and bum”, a court heard today as he admitted two counts of sexual assault. Langley, 34, was drunk and in the Band in Wall music venue in Manchester in the early hours of October 1 when he touched the two women, Manchester Magistrates’ Court was told. Bruno Langley has pleaded guilty at Manchester Magistrates’ Court to sexually assaulting two women.
Bruno Langley has been charged with sexually assaulting two women – both on the same night. The former Coronation Street actor faced an accusation from a woman in her 30s, who claimed he inappropriately touched her at a music venue on Swan Street, in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, and another lady in her 20s has now come forward to claim he assaulted her on the same night, October 1. Bruno is due to appear at Manchester Magistrates Court on November 28.
Coronation Street bosses have already terminated the actor's contract.
Bruno denies the allegations.
Bruno denies all of the allegations.