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Timothy Busfield Reportedly Surrenders in New Mexico Child Sex Case

A TMZ video purports to show the 68-year-old presenting himself in Albuquerque following days of a multi-agency search.

Overview

  • TMZ reports Busfield appeared at an attorney’s office in Albuquerque and stated on camera that he drove roughly 2,000 miles to face the allegations.
  • Authorities had enlisted the U.S. Marshals Service after Albuquerque police said they had not located or arrested him days after a judge issued a warrant on January 9.
  • The warrant charges two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor involving 11-year-old twin brothers who worked as child actors on The Cleaning Lady, where Busfield was a director.
  • According to the warrant and media summaries, a University of New Mexico Hospital doctor alerted police in November 2024, and specialists later concluded the children had been groomed.
  • The warrant records that Busfield denied wrongdoing and made inconsistent statements to investigators, and NBC pulled a scheduled Law & Order: SVU episode featuring him from broadcast.