Mr. Busfield, the state has filed an expedited
motion for pretrial detention in this case, sir.
Actor-director Timothy Busfield appeared in a New Mexico court on
Wednesday on child sex abuse charges. The West Wing
and Field of Dreams actor attended via Zoom with a
judge ordering him to be held without bond. He
remains jailed for now, with a preliminary hearing set
for January. 29 Busfield surrendered to authorities in New
Mexico on Tuesday after an arrest warrant was issued.
He's accused of inappropriately touching 2 11-year-old twin boys on
the side of the cleaning lady, a fox crime
drama he directed and produced. According to court documents
, the alleged contact occurred over 2 years when the
boys were aged 7 and 8 before. Surrendering,
Busfield posted a video proclaiming his innocence, calling the
allegations lies and saying that he will be exonerated.
In an interview in November, he suggested a possible
motive for the allegations against him, citing information from
cleaning lady star ElloD Jung, Busfield said the boy's
mother sought revenge after producers replaced her sons in the
show's final season. Busfield faces charges of child abuse
and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor --> .