The US Marshals Service has joined within the hunt to find Timothy Busfield after a warrant was issued for the actor’s arrest in New Mexico in reference to little one intercourse abuse prices.
The Albuquerque Police Division confirmed that its investigators are working with the US Marshals Service to trace down the “West Wing” actor’s whereabouts and take him into custody in reference to the disturbing allegations.
“Albuquerque Police Division is working with the US Marshal Service to get Mr. Busfield into custody,” division spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos informed Deadline Monday.
Gallegos stated there may be presently no timeline for when authorities anticipate to apprehend the “Subject of Goals” actor.
The Publish has reached out to the Albuquerque Police Division for remark.
Busfield, 68, is needed on two counts of prison sexual contact of a minor and one rely of kid abuse.
Busfield allegedly engaged in illegal sexual conduct with a pair of 11-year-old twins whereas directing the Fox present “The Cleansing Woman” in 2024, in response to an arrest warrant issued on Friday.
One of many alleged victims claimed the surprising incidents first began when he and his brother had been 7 years outdated, in response to the affidavit.
The investigation into the “Stripes” star’s alleged crimes kicked off in November 2024 when a physician on the College of New Mexico Hospital alerted police about suspected sexual abuse and grooming involving the minors, per the warrant.
Though the APD initially declined to press prices in opposition to Busfield, the case was stated to be reopened in September 2025 when one of many children informed his counselor after which pediatrician that Busfield “touched him on his penis and backside,” the affidavit claims.
The “Revenge of the Nerds” star additionally allegedly informed the children to name him “Uncle Tim” and tickled them on their stomachs and legs, per the arrest warrant.
Busfield, in the meantime, reportedly spoke to investigators by telephone in November and stated it was “extremely seemingly” he had “bodily contact” with the twins whereas filming “The Cleansing Woman.”
“I don’t keep in mind these boys,” he additionally stated, in response to the affidavit. “No, I don’t. I don’t really, I don’t keep in mind it, if it occurred. I don’t keep in mind overtly tickling the boys ever, nevertheless it wouldn’t be unusual for me.”
Throughout that interview with the police, the “Thirtysomething” alum reportedly claimed that Elodie Yung, the lead actress on “The Cleansing Woman,” informed him that the twins’ mother was looking for “revenge” as a result of the boys weren’t invited again for the present’s closing season.
The allegations stay underneath investigation.
Busfield has greater than 700 mixed credit as an actor, producer, and director in TV and movie, and is understood for his main function in a number of seasons of “The West Wing.”
He married “Little Home on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert in 2013. The couple shares no kids.
In November, Gilbert made a publish on Instagram in opposition to little one intercourse abuse after Megyn Kelly commented on convicted little one intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Gilbert, 61, will not be accused of any wrongdoing.
