U.S. Marshals Service joins search for actor Timothy Busfield after child sex abuse allegations
NBC News • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The U.S. Marshals Service is assisting Albuquerque Police in searching for actor Timothy Busfield, who is wanted on a New Mexico arrest warrant following allegations of sexual abuse by two children on the set of the Fox series "The Cleaning Lady."
- The criminal complaint alleges Busfield inappropriately touched two boys aged 7 and 8 multiple times between November 2022 and spring 2024, including touching intimate parts and kissing a child on the face.
- Warner Bros. conducted an independent investigation into complaints made in February 2025 but found no evidence to corroborate the allegations.
- Busfield denied the allegations during a November interview, suggesting the boys' mother sought revenge after the children were not cast for the show's final season; another
