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Melissa Gilbert Defends Timothy Busfield in First TV Interview on Child Sex Charges

Her on-air defense marks a new public phase before a 2027 trial.

Overview

  • Gilbert told Good Morning America on Monday that she is “100 percent confident” he will be exonerated and said she is “neither naive nor complicit” about past claims.
  • A New Mexico grand jury indicted Busfield on four counts on Feb. 6, and he has pleaded not guilty and remains free ahead of a trial set for May 2027.
  • The charges stem from accusations that he touched two young twin actors while directing Fox’s The Cleaning Lady in Albuquerque between late 2022 and early 2024.
  • His lawyer Larry Stein said the boys first denied any touching and argued their parents shaped the later accounts and sought payback after the children were recast.
  • Prosecutors cite the grand jury’s indictment and police records that include interviews with at least four women who described separate incidents in the 1990s and 2000s.