Overview
- Melissa Gilbert announced on Instagram Tuesday that she has moved out of her Upper West Side apartment and will live full time at the couple’s upstate Highland Lake home.
- Timothy Busfield was indicted by a New Mexico grand jury on February 6 on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child linked to incidents involving two young twin actors on The Cleaning Lady.
- Busfield pleaded not guilty and on June 18 filed a motion to quash the indictment, alleging prosecutorial misconduct and that prosecutors suppressed exculpatory evidence including material tied to a Warner Bros. review.
- Court proceedings remain active: Busfield turned himself in in January and was released, a status hearing is scheduled for June 30, and a tentative trial date is set for May 10, 2027.
- Gilbert has publicly defended Busfield, described the arrest as traumatic, and the couple’s lives and reputations have been visibly altered by the investigation and an earlier federal search of their upstate property.