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Child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield dismissed by judge

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A state court ?judge in New Mexico has dismissed charges of child sexual
abuse against West Wing actor and director Timothy Busfield, saying the
prosecution did not act in a ?fair and impartial manner during grand
jury proceedings. 

Judge Joseph Montano said prosecutors could pursue new charges against
Busfield. 

The actor has strongly denied allegations ?of improperly touching two
young boys – twin brothers – on the Albuquerque set of Fox TV ?drama The
Cleaning Lady. 

A spokesperson for ?the second judicial district ?attorney office of New
Mexico said the office was evaluating its options. 

The twins reported that ?the alleged contact had occurred over a
two-year period, when they were aged seven and eight, during breaks in
production, prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed in January. 

Busfield, a director and producer of The Cleaning Lady, was charged in
February in a four-count grand jury indictment that accused the actor of
groping one of the ?boys. 

He steadfastly professed his innocence, calling the allegations against
him “lies”, and his attorneys asked for the charges against him to be
dismissed. 

In Friday’s ?ruling, Montano said the prosecution did not properly
instruct members of the grand jury on procedures for requesting
testimony from additional witnesses. In part, the prosecutor incorrectly
informed the grand jurors that at least eight of them would have to
agree to wanting to hear ?from a witness for that person to be called. 

“The prosecuting attorney failed ?to act in a ?fair and impartial
manner,” Montano wrote, ?adding that the lawyer’s actions “had the
practical effect of unilaterally withholding witnesses ?requested by the
?grand jurors”. 

Busfield, 69, ?is best known ?for his prime-time television roles as a
White House reporter on the NBC political drama The West Wing and as an
advertising agency executive on ABC ensemble series Thirtysomething. He
also appeared in the baseball film Field of Dreams” starring Kevin
Costner. 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/17/child-sex-abuse-charges-a
gainst-actor-timothy-busfield-dismissed-by-judge 

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