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Timothy Busfield has damaged his silence.
As beforehand reported, the Albuquerque Police Division issued an arrest warrant for the veteran actor on January 9… alleging in it that Busfield engaged in illegal sexual conduct with 11-year twins.
Their mother and father claimed the victims met Busfield on the set of the FOX collection, The Cleansing Girl, after Busfield joined as a director in season 2.
On Tuesday, in the meantime, the star (who’s married to Melissa Gilbert) surrounded to police — and in addition filmed a video obtained by TMZ.
“Hello everyone, it’s Tim,” the footage opens. “I’m certain most of you understand, which might be watching this, that I used to be ordered to come back to Albuquerque – I’m right here now. I acquired the decision Friday night time, I needed to get a lawyer. Saturday I acquired within the automotive, drove 2,000 miles to Albuquerque. I’m gonna confront these lies. They’re horrible.”
He concluded and concluded:
“They’re all lies and I didn’t do something to these little boys and I’m gonna struggle it. I’m gonna struggle it with an important workforce, and I’m gonna be exonerated, I do know I’m, as a result of that is all so flawed and all lies.”
“So dangle in there and hopefully I’m out actual quickly and again to work. I like everyone for supporting me, thanks.”
When beforehand chatting with a police officer, Busfield mentioned he didn’t “keep in mind” ever tickling or selecting up the 2 little one actors, though he didn’t rule out the likelihood that bodily contact might have occurred.
“If it occurred, I don’t keep in mind overtly tickling the boys ever, but it surely wouldn’t be unusual for me,’” the officer wrote of the actor’s assertion, who additionally claimed Busfield mentioned he was by no means alone together with his accusers.
This identical officer additional wrote within the report that Busfield and his spouse acknowledged that that they had “a relationship” with the alleged victims’ households exterior of labor and even purchased them Christmas presents.
Final yr, a therapist spoke to one of many alleged victims and the kid claimed Busfield “had touched and rubbed his penis 3 or 4 instances and seemed to be ashamed,” based on the warrant.
As for Gilbert?
“Throughout this era, her focus is on supporting and caring for his or her very giant household, as they navigate this second,” the actress’ rep advised Us Weekly in a press release on Tuesday. “Melissa stands with and helps her husband and can tackle the general public at an acceptable time.”
Busfield is greatest identified for his function as Danny Concannon on The West Wing.
A consultant at Warner Bros. Tv, which produced The Cleansing Girl, mentioned this week:
“The well being and security of our forged and crew is at all times our prime precedence, particularly the security of minors on our productions. We take all allegations of misconduct very critically and have programs in place to promptly and completely examine, and when wanted, take acceptable motion. [We] have been and can proceed to cooperate with legislation enforcement.”