Why would actor-director-producer Timothy Busfield, a 68 year-old, well-established, name-brand player, behave in a way that might blow up his career and possibly envelop him in ruin?
Busfield hasn’t been accused by a couple of young actors (twins) of blatant sexual molestation — they’ve basically said he just touched them or, in Busfield’s version, possibly “tickled”** them inappropriately — but we can all sense recklessness and some kind of absurd urge to self-destruct.
The alleged behavior happened between 2022 and ’24, during the filming of The Cleaning Lady, a TV series on which Busfield was an exec producer (i.e., one of many).
Is the prospect of gently touching a young guy’s schlong with the tips of your fingers that transporting?…so theoretically transporting that it’s worth risking your stability, employability and industry-wide reputation…hell, everything that means anything?
3:45 pm update: “Actor and director Timothy Busfield surrendered to New Mexico authorities Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection with child sex abuse charges. He insisted he was innocent before being taken into custody.”
** Tickling young guys sounds suspiciously similar to Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky having claimed he was just “horsing around” with young football players.
