Timothy Busfield’s seven-word response when confronted with claims he touched twin boys on set

Timothy Busfield is fiercely denying inappropriately touching twin little one actors when confronted with the explosive allegations, declaring: “I didn’t do that. I’ve by no means, ever been inappropriate.”

The Emmy-winning actor and director, 69, repeatedly maintained his innocence throughout greater than two hours of grand jury testimony in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in accordance with audio obtained by the Day by day Mail.

Busfield is charged with 4 counts of legal sexual contact with a toddler underneath 13 involving twin brothers who appeared on “The Cleansing Woman,” which he produced and labored as a director on from 2022 to 2025.

“I’ve by no means, ever been inappropriate in any approach, bodily, sexually in any approach with a toddler, a prepubescent little boy. I’m not interested in that,” Busfield instructed the grand jury in February.

“I’ve by no means been interested in that. I’ve solely been and at all times been interested in grownup girls, or post-pubescent girls, all through my complete life.

“I’ve by no means ever been inappropriate like that. Definitely, I’d by no means enable it at work… It’s completely taboo and would by no means ever do it. And by no means have completed it, ever.”

Busfield grew to become emotional as he described the devastating affect the allegations have had on his life and profession.

“My life is finished due to these false allegations for cash and for revenge,” he mentioned via tears.

Busfield, who denies the allegations, claimed the boys’ mom sought revenge after the twins’ roles on “The Cleansing Woman” have been lower.

“She needed revenge and she or he received it,” he testified. “I’m completed… Thank God I’m in retirement age, however I’m completed.”

The actor acknowledged having bodily contact with the boys on set however insisted it was by no means inappropriate.

Busfield mentioned he had a detailed relationship with the kids and their dad and mom, and that the twins would usually name him “Uncle Tim.”

“The dad would say, ‘Go hug Uncle Tim,’ so I’d contact them then. I by no means initiated that,” he mentioned.

“Did I’ve my arms round these boys? Completely. In photos, completely… In photos, when the dad and mom ask you to smile and provides them a tickle underneath the ribs such as you would your personal child? Sure. Did I ever contact them inappropriately? By no means ever as soon as, with any prepubescent boy.”

Busfield maintained that he was by no means alone with the kid actors on set and mentioned there have been usually dozens of witnesses round whereas he labored with them.

At one level, the gravity of the testimony appeared to weigh on him.

“I’m nervous… That is all very actual and the stakes are very excessive,” he mentioned.

Busfield additionally mentioned he had no reminiscence of the alleged incidents, telling the grand jury: “I don’t keep in mind ever kissing both a type of boys.”

He claimed he might produce proof that will vindicate him, together with alleged audio of the twins telling investigators that they weren’t inappropriately touched by him, reported the Day by day Mail.

Busfield additionally mentioned he had taken a lie detector check, however was instructed by prosecutors that such exams will not be admissible in courtroom in most states.

He argued that committing sexual abuse on a tv set would quantity to “profession suicide.”

“It’s profession suicide of me getting into and committing a sexual assault on anyone. I’ve by no means completed that to anyone,” he testified.

“The truth that I’d sexually assault a prepubescent little boy with my boss and the boss of the studio there, after which get employed again to run the present, could be utterly unprecedented.”

Busfield claimed the twins have been in the end lower from “The Cleansing Woman” as a result of they’d outgrown their roles, whereas sustaining that their dad and mom have been upset over the choice.

“The issue with the youngsters is that they outgrew the function. With COVID and renegotiations of contracts. They have been purported to be 6–7 years outdated,” he mentioned.

An investigation started in November 2024 after a College of New Mexico Hospital employees member reported issues that the boys have been being groomed by Busfield after their mom introduced them in for an examination as a result of she suspected they’d been sexually abused, in accordance with the outlet.

Hospital employees reportedly discovered no proof of abuse.

Busfield was launched with out bail following his arrest in January and was formally indicted in February.

He has been married to former “Little Home on the Prairie” little one star Melissa Gilbert since 2013. Gilbert has stood by her husband all through the case and doesn’t imagine his accusers.

Busfield is scheduled to face trial on Might 10, 2027.

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