{"id":417302,"date":"2026-01-18T12:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417302\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:02:08","slug":"timothy-busfield-shares-intimate-details-of-sex-life-in-court-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417302\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Busfield shares intimate details of sex life in court filing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield<\/a>, who surrendered to authorities<\/a> earlier this week to face charges stemming from allegations of sexual misconduct involving two young boys<\/a>, shared intimate details about his sex life in court documents filed Friday.<\/p>\n

In the filings, intended to prove Busfield is no threat to society as prosecutors fight to keep him behind bars, the \u201cWest Wing\u201d actor reaffirmed he\u2019s a lifelong heterosexual who has a healthy sex life with his wife<\/a>, actor Melissa Gilbert, reported TMZ.<\/p>\n

Busfield revealed he occasionally masturbates in the shower, but claimed he hasn\u2019t done so in about six months. He also expressed his disgust for pornography, which he said he\u2019s \u201cnever found to be sexually satisfying\u201d and to which he\u2019s \u201calways had a visceral response.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gilbert appeared to support the latter statement, saying pornography has never been a part of the couple\u2019s sexual relationship, nor has there ever been \u201cany concerns\u201d related to her husband\u2019s use of explicit material, the filing reads.<\/p>\n

The intimate information included in the documents is said to have been related to a psychosexual evaluation Busfield underwent this week. It reportedly concluded that he\u2019s a \u201cvery low\u201d risk to \u201ccommit sexual offenses compared to those convicted of a sexual offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

He and his defense are attempting to argue the findings are reason enough for him to be released from jail.<\/p>\n

Busfield has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse for allegedly engaging in unlawful conduct with young twin brothers between November 2022 and the spring of 2024. The boys were child actors on the Albuquerque set of the Fox crime drama \u201cThe Cleaning Lady,\u201d<\/a> for which Busfield directed multiple episodes.<\/p>\n

According to one of the brothers, the\u00a0abuse began when he was 7 years old<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 68-year-old actor has vehemently denied any wrongdoing and slammed the allegations as \u201call lies.\u201d<\/a> In an interview with police last fall, he suggested the boys\u2019 parents were seeking revenge for their children being replaced on the show.<\/p>\n

Busfield appeared in court Wednesday afternoon via video from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque. He was ordered held without bail pending a hearing on the state\u2019s motion to keep him locked up.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors argued Busfield should be held in jail while awaiting trial, writing that \u201chis conduct reflects a calculated pattern of grooming<\/a>, lack of boundaries and exploitation of professional authority to gain access to minors,\u201d according to court documents obtained by Deadline. Previous allegations against the actor<\/a>, involving two teen girls and at least one adult woman, have recently come to light.<\/p>\n

\"MelissaMelissa Gilbert and her husband Timothy Busfield attend the “Busfiled\/Gilbert” photocall during the 62nd Monte Carlo TV Festival on June 20, 2023 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

In the filing opposing the state\u2019s motion for pretrial detention, Busfield\u2019s defense team submitted 75 letters expressing support from friends, co-workers and family members \u2014 including Gilbert, whom he married in 2013.<\/a><\/p>\n

Writing about her \u201crock [and] partner in business and life,\u201d the \u201cLittle House on the Prairie\u201d alum said Busfield has \u201cthe strongest moral compass of any human [she has] ever known,\u201d<\/a> according to People.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has dedicated his spiritual self to always being of service to others,\u201d Gilbert, who starred in the short-lived TV series \u201cStand by Your Man,\u201d<\/a> continued. \u201cHe starts every day with kindness and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield, who surrendered to authorities earlier this week to face charges stemming from allegations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,4245,76759],"class_list":["post-417302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-latest-headlines","tag-snyde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}