Timothy Busfield accused of child sex abuse
India, Jan. 11 -- Authorities in New Mexico, US issued an arrest warrant for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge. An investigator with the Albuquerque Police Department filed a criminal complaint in support of the charge, which says a child reported that Busfield touched him inappropriately. The acts allegedly occurred on the set of The Cleaning Lady (2022), a TV series Busfield directed and acted in.
The child said the first incident happened when he was 7 and Busfield touched him three or four times. The actor allegedly touched him five or six times on another occasion when he was 8. The child's mother reported to Child Protective Services that the abuse occurred between November 2022 and spring 2024, the complaint said.
Busfield's attorney and agent did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment late Friday. A judge-signed arrest warrant lists two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor.
According to the complaint, the child has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety. A social worker documented him saying he has had nightmares about Busfield touching him and woken up scared. The child was reportedly afraid to tell anyone because Busfield was the director and he feared he would get mad at him.AP...
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