Overview
- Albuquerque police issued the warrant on Jan. 9 charging the 68-year-old with two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and one count of child abuse, and he had not been detained as of the latest reports.
- The alleged victims are 11-year-old brothers who worked on the Fox series, with incidents described between November 2022 and spring 2024.
- The investigation began after a University of New Mexico Hospital doctor alerted authorities on Nov. 1, 2024, followed by a therapist disclosure in September 2025 and a Child Protective Services report in October.
- Busfield denied inappropriate touching in a 2024 police interview, describing interactions as playful tickling and alleging the parents were retaliating over the boys not being rehired.
- Parents reported that on-set iPad monitoring was halted after Busfield joined the production, and a production assistant acknowledged periods when a child was left unsupervised.