United Kingdom, Jan. 26 -- Melissa Gilbert is facing an "extraordinarily difficult time" amid her husband Timothy Busfield's child sexual abuse charges.

The 61-year-old actress has thanked her supporters on social media via her lifestyle company Modern Prairie after her husband was last week released from police custody pending trial on two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and one count of child abuse.

Melissa wrote in her Instagram message: "I'm sending you all my love and gratitude during this extraordinarily difficult time. Not only for Tim, me and our family, but in the collective heaviness so many of us seem to be carrying right now. Add an unexpected storm to the mix, and it can all feel like a bit too much."

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