minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nSome very disturbing news this weekend out of Hollywood:<\/p>\n
Timothy Busfield \u2014 a veteran actor and director who is married to Melissa Gilbert \u2014 is facing two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse.<\/p>\n
In an arrest warrant issued by the Albuquerque Police Department on January 9, authorities claim that Busfield engaged in unlawful sexual conduct with two 11-year-old siblings\u2026 whose identities were withheld from the public.<\/p>\n<\/noscript>Timothy Busfield attends the New York Premiere of ABC\u2019s \u201cFor Life\u201d at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on February 5, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOne of the minors says the incidents began when he was 7 years old.<\/p>\n
This individual alleged the first incident involved Busfield touching him three or four times\u2026 and that the 68-year old also touched him five or six times on another occasion when he was 8.<\/p>\n
While speaking with Officer Marvin Kirk Brown, who issued the warrant, the victims\u2019 parents said the minors were actors who met Busfield on the set of the FOX series The Cleaning Lady, where Busfield served as a director.<\/p>\n
In a statement to People Magazine, a Warner Bros. Television representative said the following: <\/p>\n
\u201cThe health and safety of our cast and crew is always our top priority, especially the safety of minors on our productions. We take all allegations of misconduct very seriously and have systems in place to promptly and thoroughly investigate, and when needed, take appropriate action.\u201d<\/p>\n (Photo by VALERY HACHE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNo one associated with Busfield has commented at this point on the accusations.<\/p>\n
The investigation got underway in November 2024 when the investigator responded to a call from a doctor at the University of New Mexico Hospital. The child\u2019s parents had gone there at the recommendation of a law firm, the complaint states.<\/p>\n
Busfield is best known for appearances on The West Wing, Field of Dreams\u201d and Thirtysomething, the latter of which won him an Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series in 1991.<\/p>\n
Officer Brown says the aforementioned siblings claim Busfield \u201cwould tickle them on the stomach and legs\u201d and that they referred to him as \u201cUncle Tim.\u201d<\/p>\nTimothy Busfield attends the ABC Television\u2019s Winter Press Tour 2020at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 8, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOn October 3, 2025, the kids\u2019 mother filed a police report and told Child Protective Services that \u201cher children both disclosed that there was sexual abuse by Timothy from around November 2022 to Spring 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n
A therapist who worked with one of the supposed victims is on record as saying the child began \u201chaving nightmares about the director touching him and waking up scared,\u201d and claimed Busfield \u201chad touched and rubbed his penis 3 or 4 times and appeared to be ashamed,\u201d per the warrant.<\/p>\n
Busfield also faced prior sexual assault allegations dating back to 1994, according to the warrant.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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