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Timothy Busfieldthe wife of, Melissa Gilbertpublicly denounced child sexual abuse just weeks before an arrest warrant was issued for The west wing The actor is linked to two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse.
“So I thought about posting this, but I feel obligated to share it. After seeing a lot of posts from women with the hashtags #iwasfifteen #imfifteen #iwasachild, I decided to Google what age is and see what came up,” said Gilbert, who starred in Little House on the Prairie as a child, wrote via Instagram on November 15. “And here’s some of what I found out…and now, at this age, at this time, I’m really nauseous. »
Alongside her lengthy caption, Gilbert shared photos of herself as a child star on set, posing with her co-star. Dean Butlerwho was 23 when he played 15-year-old Gilbert’s on-screen love interest. In one photo, the two actors could be seen kissing despite their 8-year age difference.
“The girl vacationing in Hawaii with her family is the same girl who was expected to fall in love and kiss a man on film who was several years older than her,” Gilbert continued. “Seeing today’s prism, it’s shocking. I have no other words than to say: ‘I was a child.’ “I was fifteen.” And I was the good news.
Timothy Busfield faces two counts of sexual abuse involving a minor. An arrest warrant, obtained by Us Weekly, was issued by New Mexico authorities on Friday, January 9, after a child actor alleged that the actor and director touched him inappropriately. Variety was the first to report the news. An affidavit from the Albuquerque Police Department, […]
She added in the caption, “Thank God my mom, Michael and so many others were there to make sure I was safe. Can you imagine if I didn’t have them all? I’m so lucky (in a way). A lot of other young women aren’t.”
At the time, Gilbert was responding to the now-viral comments made by the former Fox News host. Megyn Kellywho argued that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “was the barely legal type,” seemingly insinuating that he was not, in fact, a pedophile.
“He liked 15-year-old girls. And I realize that’s disgusting. I’m definitely not trying to make an excuse for that. I’m just giving you the facts, which is that he didn’t like 8-year-old girls,” Kelly said at the time. “But he liked very young teenagers who could pass for even younger than they were, but who would look legal to a passerby.”
A few weeks later, on Friday, January 9, New Mexico authorities issued an arrest warrant, obtained by Us every weekagainst Gilbert’s husband, Busfield. The arrest warrant alleges that the actor and director engaged in illegal sexual relations with two 11-year-old twins on the set of the television series. The cleaning lady.
One of the minors said the sexual abuse began when he was 7 years old.
Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield have been married since 2013 after each having long careers in Hollywood. “Our business in Los Angeles is very difficult because it’s all over this city. [and] everyone is involved in it in one way or another,” said Gilbert, best known for playing Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie. […]
According to an affidavit, also obtained by Wethe boy was “very afraid of Tim and was relieved when he went on set”. The boy also said he “was afraid to tell anyone because Tim was the director and he was afraid Tim would get angry with him.”
In the arrest warrant, an investigator conducted a telephone interview with Busfield while his wife was present and via speakerphone.
“Timothy and his wife, Melissatold me before that, they had a relationship with [the young boys] and their family outside of work,” the investigator wrote in part. “They indicated that they had purchased Christmas gifts for both boys and were at several social functions together.”
We has contacted Busfield representatives for comment.
If you or someone you know is a victim of child abuse, call or text the Child Helpline at 1-800-422-4453.
