Timothy Busfield appears in court as New Mexico prosecutors seek pretrial detention over "history of alleged sexual misconduct"
CBS News • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield appeared in court facing charges of child sex abuse related to allegations of inappropriate touching of a minor on the set of "The Cleaning Lady," a TV series he directed in New Mexico.
- Busfield denies all allegations, passed a voluntary polygraph test, and maintains the accusations are false; he has vowed to fight the charges and called them lies in a video prior to surrendering to authorities.
- Prosecutors are seeking to keep Busfield in custody pending trial, citing a history of alleged sexual misconduct, abuse of authority, grooming behavior, and concerns about witness intimidation and retaliation.
- An additional allegation surfaced involving inappropriate conduct with a 16-year-old girl auditioning at a theater Busfield co-founded
