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Gary Busey Gets Two Years’ Probation in 2022 N.J. Convention Case

The sentence follows his July guilty plea to criminal sexual contact for touching a fan over clothing during a brief photo op at a Cherry Hill horror convention.

Overview

  • A Camden state-court judge imposed the probation Thursday during a virtual hearing at which Busey did not speak.
  • Busey pleaded guilty to a single count of criminal sexual contact, and other initial charges were dropped under the plea.
  • Court records describe the conduct as touching a woman's buttocks over clothing during an 8–10 second photo op in 2022.
  • The actor had been accused of inappropriately touching at least three women at the Monster-Mania Convention at the DoubleTree Hotel in Cherry Hill.
  • Event organizers said a celebrity guest was removed and told not to return, and they encouraged affected attendees to contact police.