William Michale Hayden is an American former gunsmith, television personality, American Marine and Arms Shop Manager. He is popular as the host of the 2011-2014 Sons of Guns on the Discovery Channel reality series. He was convicted of sex crimes, received three life sentences in April and July 2017, and is currently serving those sentences at Louisiana State Penitentiary.

WILL HAYDEN: EARLY CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION AND FAMILY

The reality television debut was born on June 24, 1965, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is of part Choctaw descent. He was a firearms enthusiast from a young age and often wrote about weapons and battle.

Hayden survived a large house fire as a “three or four year old” boy. In a 2011 interview, he said he remembered, ‘waking up to the fire, ‘eating me,’…burning the bed, the sheets, the space.’ The TV star also reported that in an article titled Sons of Guns: Straight-Shootin’ Stories from the Star of the Hit Discovery Show, his father abused him. He says in the article, “Hell when I was five, he put me through a wall with one punch… From that point on, I learned that I had to choose my battles carefully. Very carefully. Every fight I could get up and walk away from was a win. ‘

He started making weapons when he was 12 years old. Additionally, the Marines enlisted him when he was 18, serving for six years and reaching the rank of sergeant.

WILL HAYDEN: CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The reality TV star started his own construction and refrigeration business while working side by side with guns. Likewise, his side business began to take off, selling his main business in 1999 and officially opening Red Jacket Firearms. The company name is an adaptation of his mother’s name, Osguma, which in Choctaw means “red jacket”. The company’s first commercial order was for twenty rifles from a major dealer named Manotick Firearms. From 2011 to 2014, the reality TV star rose to national fame when Sons of Guns aired on the Discovery Channel, a reality TV show focusing on Red Jacket’s specialty gun buildings. On August 26, 2014,

WILL HAYDEN: PERSONAL LIFE, WIFE AND ARREST

Will Hayden married Rachel Hayden and the couple have one child, Stephanie, born in 1986.

Additionally, the reality TV star was arrested on August 11, 2014 for assaulting minors and aggravated crimes against nature. However, he claimed the allegations were false and a vengeful ex-girlfriend, the 12-year-old’s mother, retaliated. He was later charged with rape of a child based on victim statements.

The accusations resulted in the cancellation of Sons of Guns. Also, the former TV star was accused by her eldest daughter of aggravated rape. She told police her father raped her 22 years ago when she was 12. She came forward after there were complaints against her father. His bail was increased from $200,000 to $350,000 as a result of this latest allegation. He pleaded not guilty in January 2015. The judge removed Hayden’s three attorneys from the case in August 2015, at the attorneys’ request. The lawyers said the confidential terms of their representation were not met but that they and Hayden had ‘no bitterness’. The television star was represented by a human rights defender.

On April 7, 2017, the reality TV star was convicted over two decades of two counts of aggravated rape and one count of forcible rape, two daughters. On May 11, 2017, the court sentenced him to run concurrently, plus 40 years in prison, to run consecutively. Likewise, he is not entitled to any parole, probation or suspension of sentence and will spend the rest of his life in prison.

On July 12, 2017, the court sentenced him to a third life sentence for rape by Livingston Parish Judge Robert Morrison without contesting the charges against him. Morrison ordered that the new sentence be carried out concurrently with the sentences previously ordered by him. Additionally, the court sentenced him to three life terms plus 40 years and transferred to the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

WILL HAYDEN: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA

As an American business owner and former reality TV star, Hayden has a net worth of $1.75 million. He acquired his net worth as the founder and owner of Baton Rouge, Louisiana based Red Jacket Firearms LLC.

Talking about its availability on social media platforms, it is not available on any.

WILL HAYDEN: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The former TV personality, his height is 1.68 meters and his weight is 90 kg. No other information regarding his body measurements is available.