Actor Timothy Busfield, widely known for his role as a reporter on “The West Wing,” was indicted by a New Mexico grand jury Friday on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child.
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Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of sexual contact with a child by grand jury in New Mexico.
Busfield, 68, is accused of touching two children on the set of The Cleaning Lady while filming in Albuquerque between November 2022 and spring 2024.
One of the alleged victims told a forensic child interviewer that Busfield touched his ‘private areas’ on set when he was seven years old, according to a criminal complaint.
The boy alleged the abuse happened five or six times between sets.
He claimed Busfield assaulted him again when he was eight years old, claiming it happened three or four times.
The boy’s twin brother told authorities he was also touched by Busfield, but he did not specify where and didn’t say anything because he didn’t want to get in trouble, the complaint said.
The charges come less than a month after Busfield was arrested for alleged child abuse and criminal sexual contact of a minor.
Busfield has denied the allegations. His attorneys have also argued the allegations are part of a revenge plot manufactured by the boys’ parents after the children lost their roles in the TV series.