Overview
- Busfield turned himself in to Albuquerque authorities after a Jan. 9 arrest warrant and was booked into the Metro Detention Center.
- The warrant cites two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor plus child abuse, with filings describing alleged incidents beginning when one boy was seven.
- Albuquerque police sought help from the U.S. Marshals Service when they were initially unable to locate the actor.
- Busfield denies the accusations in a video statement and his attorney points to a Warner Bros.–commissioned outside review that reportedly found no supporting evidence as the studio cooperates with investigators.
- NBC postponed an upcoming Law & Order: SVU episode featuring Busfield, and his wife Melissa Gilbert expressed support through a spokesperson who also warned about AI-generated deepfakes.