Overview
- Busfield remains jailed without bond on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a child under 13 plus one count of child abuse.
- In a late-Friday filing, his lawyers urged release pending trial and argued the case hinges on parents they portray as unreliable with financial motives after their twins were replaced on The Cleaning Lady.
- The defense cited a Warner Bros. review that it says found no corroboration of on-set misconduct and lodged character letters, including one from his wife, Melissa Gilbert.
- Prosecutors moved to keep him detained as a danger to minors, describing a pattern of grooming and disclosing an uncharged allegation from Sacramento involving a 16-year-old.
- A custody hearing is set for Jan. 20, and the district attorney says a conviction on the filed counts could carry up to 15 years in prison.