AP
—
A New Mexico grand jury has indicted Timothy Busfield on 4 counts of prison sexual contact with a child.
Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman introduced the indictment Friday in a social media publish.
Authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Busfield over allegations of misconduct from when he was working as a director on the set of the TV sequence “The Cleaning Lady.”
(*4*)
Busfield has denied the allegations. He turned himself in to authorities and later was launched from jail.
Busfield is greatest identified for appearances in “The West Wing,” “Field of Dreams” and “Thirtysomething.”
Larry Stein, an legal professional for Busfield, didn’t remark on the sexual contact cost within the indictment however stated the grand jury declined to endorse grooming fees sought by prosecutors.
He stated in a assertion that a detention listening to already “exposed fatal weaknesses in the state’s evidence — gaps that no amount of charging decisions can cure.”