Overview
- Albuquerque authorities obtained a warrant accusing Busfield of sexual contact with minors and child abuse tied to his work directing an episode of The Cleaning Lady.
- Reports describe two boys alleging inappropriate touching during production, with incident windows variously cited between late 2022 and spring 2024.
- Police were first alerted in 2024 after a hospital physician raised concerns, leading to an investigation that continued into 2025 and 2026.
- Warner Bros. Television says it is fully cooperating with law enforcement after an earlier internal review reportedly found no incriminating findings.
- Busfield denies the accusations and characterizes them as a revenge effort by the boys’ mother, while investigators cite gifts and off‑set contact in filings and describe the behavior as grooming.