Timothy Busfield’s Child Sexual Abuse Case Dismissed
Timothy Busfield has had his child sexual abuse case dismissed, following a New Mexico judge’s determination that Albuquerque prosecutors acted improperly by failing to allow the grand jury to hear from more witnesses. The 69-year-old actor made national headlines when he was arrested in January, accused of misconduct related to twin child actors he worked with on the Fox television series The Cleaning Lady. Although Busfield profusely denied the claims, calling them “horrible lies,” he was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child the following month. Busfield filed a motion to quash the indictment in June, with his attorneys arguing the prosecutor “abandoned his role as a neutral aide to the grand jury, misstated the law and blocked the grand jury access to witnesses.” The grand jury heard testimony only from the lead detective and Busfield, despite jurors asking three separate times to hear from more witnesses. In a ruling handed down on Friday, a judge sided with Busfield and voided the indictment, writing “the prosecuting attorney …








