{"id":233464,"date":"2026-01-14T22:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/233464\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:05:07","slug":"melissa-gilbert-breaks-silence-following-timothy-busfields-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/233464\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Gilbert breaks silence following Timothy Busfield\u2019s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">A statement shared on Modern Prairie\u2019s Instagram account read: \u201cModern Prairie is aware of recent media reports regarding serious allegations involving a family member of our brand muse, Melissa Gilbert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThese allegations do not involve Modern Prairie, our operations, nor our community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cModern Prairie unequivocally condemns abuse in all forms and remains committed to values of safety, integrity and respect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile these matters are personal and do not directly involve Melissa or the brand, we are respecting the privacy of the family as they navigate a difficult and personal situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur focus remains on supporting our community and continuing our work with care, responsibility, and intention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">Shortly before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/timothy-busfield-surrenders-to-police-over-child-sex-abuse-allegations\/4FZ6FBVQQND7BFEMTCSQCFOAQE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/timothy-busfield-surrenders-to-police-over-child-sex-abuse-allegations\/4FZ6FBVQQND7BFEMTCSQCFOAQE\/\">his arrest<\/a>, the 68-year-old star insisted he \u201cdid not do anything wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Busfield, accused of criminal sexual contact of a minor, claims the allegations are &quot;all lies&quot;. Photo \/ Getty Images\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Busfield, accused of criminal sexual contact of a minor, claims the allegations are &#8220;all lies&#8221;. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">He said in a video obtained by TMZ: \u201cI got the call Friday night, I had to get a lawyer. Saturday I got in the car, drove 2000 miles to Albuquerque. I\u2019m gonna confront these lies. They\u2019re horrible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThey\u2019re all lies and I did not do anything to those little boys and I\u2019m gonna fight it. I\u2019m gonna fight it with a great team, and I\u2019m gonna be exonerated, I know I am, because this is all so wrong and all lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">And his attorney also branded the claims \u201cfalse and deeply troubling\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">Stanton \u201cLarry\u201d Stein said in a statement: \u201cTim voluntarily appeared before New Mexico authorities after travelling across the country to confront these false and deeply troubling allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ycPbyrajIUrF\" style=\"display:none\">The allegations relate to two 11-year-old siblings, who met Busfield on the set of The Cleaning Lady, on which he is a director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A statement shared on Modern Prairie\u2019s Instagram account read: \u201cModern Prairie is aware of recent media reports regarding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1903,26676,14466,38501,137750,138432,2511,20388,156,5504,3173,10109,74216,111,139,69,312,17703,11165,23742,107973,102],"class_list":["post-233464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-abuse","tag-allegations","tag-arrest","tag-breaks","tag-busfield","tag-busfields","tag-child","tag-connection","tag-entertainment","tag-following","tag-gilbert","tag-husband","tag-melissa","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-says","tag-sexual","tag-silence","tag-stands","tag-timothy","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}