Entertainment Industry Misconduct

Timothy Busfield, the actor and director, surrendered in New Mexico and was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse over allegations that he touched one of twin boys multiple times on the set of Fox’s The Cleaning Lady between November 2022 and spring 2024; prosecutors pointed to medical findings, therapy disclosures, a separate past allegation from an audition and what they describe as a pattern of grooming. His attorneys say a Warner Bros. probe failed to corroborate the claims, that Busfield passed an independent polygraph, and they allege the twins’ parents — including the father, a disbarred former attorney who pleaded guilty in a 2017 federal fraud case — have a history of dishonesty and a financial or retaliatory motive; Judge David Murphy ordered Busfield released on supervised release with conditions, including no contact with the alleged victims and permission to return home outside New Mexico.