Timothy Busfield, Actor and Director, Is Accused of Child Sex Abuse
The New York Times••entertainment
Key Points:
- A New Mexico judge issued an arrest warrant for actor and director Timothy Busfield on charges of child sex abuse involving two boys who were child actors on a television set.
- Busfield, 68, faces two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse, based on allegations that he inappropriately touched the boys over several years.
- The boys, aged 11 and related, appeared on the Fox crime drama "The Cleaning Lady," where Busfield was an executive producer and actor; one boy alleged abuse beginning at age 7.
- As of Friday night, Busfield was not in custody, and his legal representatives and the show's production company, Warner Bros., had not commented on the case.
