Overview
- Authorities made public a November 2025 phone call in which Busfield and his wife, Melissa Gilbert, rejected the claims, said he was never alone with the boys, and called the allegations disgusting.
- A Bernalillo County grand jury indicted Busfield in February on four counts alleging repeated criminal sexual contact between 2022 and 2024, and a judge in January released him on his own recognizance with a tentative trial set for May 2027.
- In the recording, Busfield said a playful set culture could have included picking up or tickling the children in front of others and said the boys’ father sometimes told them to hug “Uncle Tim.”
- An investigator hired by Warner Bros. reported finding no evidence that Busfield was alone with the boys or engaged in misconduct on The Cleaning Lady set, a conclusion his attorneys cite in his defense.
- Prosecutors describe the accusations as specific and part of a broader pattern that includes earlier uncharged claims, while the judge said in a January hearing that the case showed no evidence of a pattern.