Timothy Busfield Told Grand Jury He Was 'Canceled' After Allegations

Key Points:

• Timothy Busfield, Emmy-winning actor, testified before a grand jury denying child sex offense charges and claimed his career is effectively over due to being "canceled" after his indictment.
• Busfield faces four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child related to alleged abuse of twin boys on the set of The Cleaning Lady, but he maintains his innocence and asserts the accusations are motivated by revenge from the boys' parents.
• The allegations include unwanted tickling and inappropriate touching, though Busfield insists he was never alone with the boys and never acted inappropriately, suggesting the parents coached the children to make false claims.
• Investigations have yielded conflicting findings: the University of New Mexico Hospital found no evidence of abuse in November 2023, but later therapist reports led to Busfield's arrest; Warner Bros. conducted an internal probe that did not substantiate the claims.
• Busfield’s lawyers have requested dismissal of the indictment citing prosecutorial misconduct, with a judge set to review the motion in August 2024 and a trial potentially beginning in May 2025.