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Timothy Busfield after he was Arrested and charged with child sexual abuse.
this west wing The 68-year-old actor turned himself in to Albuquerque police on January 13, Four days after the arrest warrant was issued accuse him two counts of criminal sexual contact and child abuse related to alleged incidents that occurred during the filming of the Fox series cleaning lady.
deadline Reports suggest Bousfield will now be dropped you deserve each otheris a romantic comedy starring Penn Badgley and Megan Fay.
The film, based on the best-selling 2020 novel by Sarah Hogle, tells the story of a star-crossed couple who try to crash their wedding, only to end up bringing them closer together.
Busfield had reportedly filmed scenes in which he played Bernie, the father of Fashe’s character Naomi, but now those scenes will be dropped. A release date for the film has yet to be announced.
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last week, NBC canceled an episodeLaw & Order: SVU Busfield guest-starred as a judge.
Bousfield’s attorney, Larry Stein, said in a statement that when Bousfield surrendered to police independent: “Tim Busfield denies the allegations in the criminal complaint and maintains that they are completely false. As a voluntary step, he submitted to and passed an independent polygraph examination regarding these allegations.”
Following Bousfield’s arrest, Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bergman and District Attorney Savannah Brandenburg-Koch filed documents asking that Bousfield be jailed while awaiting trial on new charges that the actor molested a 16-year-old girl.
According to court documents, obtained deadlineThe father of the latest victim came forward on Jan. 13 and told police that several years ago, his teenage daughter alleged that Bousfield “kissed her, put his hand down her pants and touched her private parts” during an audition at the B Street Theater in Sacramento, which he founded.
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Following those charges and the actor’s initial court appearance on Jan. 14 (in which he did not enter a plea), Busfield’s team filed papers on Jan. 16 opposing a motion to jail him pending trial.
“The state’s attempts to transform responsible surrender into an enhanced penalty only serve to highlight the lack of evidence of actual danger,” the filing reads. deadline.
famous for his roles west wing and the field of dreams, Busfield is producing a second season cleaning lady as director and executive producer when he encountered two young boys who accused him of touching them inappropriately. According to the arrest warrant, one of the boys claimed the incidents began when he was seven years old. The Fox show was canceled last year.
Stein said in a statement that the accusations against him were retaliation by the boys’ mother after the actor did not join the show’s final season.
Bousfield maintains his innocence and denies all charges against him. If convicted, he faces several years in prison.