Timothy Busfield‘s lawyer is talking out after the actor was accused of inappropriately touching a teenage lady greater than 20 years in the past.
“The allegations have been by no means challenged, they have been by no means proved, and so they’re 25 years previous,” civil lawyer Larry Stein famous in an announcement to Individuals on Wednesday, January 14. “And there doesn’t appear to be any connection between these allegations concerning ladies 25 years in the past and the allegations concerning these younger boys.”
A pretrial detention movement filed earlier on Wednesday included claims by a person named Colin Swift, whose daughter accused Busfield, 68, of sexual abuse a number of years prior.
“Whereas auditioning for [Busfield] at B Avenue Theatre, the 16-year-old reported that [Busfield] kissed her and put his fingers down her pants and touched her privates,” the movement alleges.
Busfield reportedly “begged the household to not report back to regulation enforcement if he acquired remedy,” and as a therapist himself, Swift “thought on the time that was the perfect factor to do.”
B Avenue Theatre issued an announcement to Individuals on Wednesday addressing the accusations, noting they’re “conscious of a report regarding Timothy Busfield concerning an incident alleged to have occurred at B Avenue Theatre roughly 25 years in the past.”
“B Avenue Theatre retained authorized counsel on the time to conduct an inside investigation, and Mr. Busfield has not had any function within the group since 2001,” the assertion continued.
The theatre insisted, “He’s not concerned in our present operations, employees, management, or programming. Though he’s listed as an emeritus board member, he has not participated in theatre governance or attended a board assembly since that point.”
Additional particulars couldn’t be supplied as a result of lively investigation underway in New Mexico following Busfield’s current arrest.
Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield have been married since 2013 after every having longstanding careers in Hollywood. “Our enterprise in Los Angeles could be very troublesome as a result of it’s all over the place in that metropolis [and] everyone’s concerned in it in a roundabout way,” Gilbert, greatest recognized for starring as Laura Ingalls on The Little Home on the Prairie, mentioned […]
“As a company that has served Sacramento and the better area for many years, our mission stays to supply a secure, inventive, and inclusive surroundings for artists, college students, households, and audiences,” the assertion concluded. “Our ideas are with everybody affected by abuse or exploitation in any type.”
Authorities in New Mexico issued a warrant for Busfield’s arrest on Friday, January 9. An affidavit obtained by Us Weekly accused Busfield of inappropriately touching two baby actors who appeared on his collection The Cleansing Woman, which aired on Fox from 2022 to 2025.
The alleged abuse occurred between 2022 and 2024, in line with the boys’ mom. Busfield’s warrant included accounts from different Cleansing Woman staffers, together with hair and make-up artist Danielle Vigil, who claimed she noticed Busfield kissing the kid stars on their foreheads in a trailer.
In an interview with police, Busfield denied there was something “bizarre” about his interactions with the 2 younger boys. He faces two counts of prison sexual contact of a minor and one rely of kid abuse.
A number of days after the allegations made headlines, the West Wing alum turned himself in to police on Tuesday, January 13. Busfield maintained his innocence in a video obtained by TMZ.
“I’m going to confront these lies. They’re horrible. They’re all lies, and I didn’t do something to these little boys,” Busfield claimed. “I’m going to struggle it. I’m going to struggle it with a terrific staff, and I’m going to be exonerated. I do know I’m as a result of that is all so incorrect and all lies.”
Busfield appeared in a New Mexico courtroom on Tuesday and reportedly didn’t enter a plea. He’ll stay in custody earlier than returning for a second courtroom look later this month.
Regarding the boys’ accusations, Stein beforehand said that his consumer is “harmless and is decided to clear his title,” asserting, “The claims being made towards Tim are fully false, and we’ll struggle this to the top till the reality prevails.”
In case you or somebody you recognize is experiencing baby abuse, name or textual content Baby Assist Hotline at 1-800-422-4453. In case you or somebody you recognize has been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
