Timothy Busfield Ordered Released From Jail Ahead of Sex Abuse Trial
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Judge David A. Murphy ordered the release of Timothy Busfield from jail ahead of his trial on charges of sexual contact with a child actor.
- Busfield has been held in a New Mexico jail since turning himself in on January 13 and denies the allegations, which his lawyers call "manufactured."
- Prosecutors allege Busfield repeatedly touched the genitals and backside of a child actor aged 7 or 8 during the filming of the Fox crime drama "The Cleaning Lady," which he began directing in 2022.
- The child and his twin brother worked on the show's set in Albuquerque, and the case is currently proceeding through the Bernalillo County court system.
- The judge cited Busfield's voluntary surrender
