{"id":419769,"date":"2026-01-21T00:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/419769\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T00:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:49:08","slug":"timothy-busfield-prosecutor-rejects-lie-detector-result-might-reoffend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/419769\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Busfield Prosecutor Rejects Lie Detector Result; Might “Reoffend”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s not uncommon that the kids did not disclose at that time, or were ready to disclose at that time to a police officer that showed up at their home,\u201d said\u00a0Bernalillo County Assistant District Attorney Savannah Brandenburg-Koch today in a New Mexico court of child sexual abuse accusations against Timothy Busfield<\/a>. The Thirtysomething actor is alleged to have repeatedly touched the\u00a0\u201c\u2018poop\u2019 and \u2018pee\u2019 area\u201d of a young boy who was an actor on the Albuquerque-filmed The Cleaning Lady<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe does have the likelihood that he could reoffend,\u201d the prosecutor declared of the 68-year-old Busfield, who was sitting nearby in District Judge David Murphy\u2019s Albuquerque courtroom. Brandenburg-Koch on Tuesday, as DA David Bergman\u2019s office has in court filings over the past week, stressed past but never charged allegations in 1994 and 2012 against Busfield, as well as another claim of over 30 years ago that came to light on January 14. All of the previous claims<\/a> involved teenage girls and adult women.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI have significant concerns about the prosecution talking as if he has already been convicted,\u201d defense lawyer Christopher Dodd replied in his own presentation Tuesday, calling the DA\u2019s efforts \u201ca fallacy.\u201d Hitting back hard, Dodd went on to say the children \u201cflat out denied\u201d there was any sexual abuse in their first conversation with police. \u201cThe fact is the criminal complaint in this case is slanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Timothy Busfield Faces New Sexual Abuse Claim<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tTo that, Dodd called one witness Tuesday, Cleaning Lady director of cinematography Alan Caudillo. The filmmaker had written a letter to the court in Busfield\u2019s favor. The correspondence was included with the defense\u2019s rejection of the DA\u2019s motion. <\/p>\n

\n\tPraising Busfield\u2019s skills as a director on the episodes of the Elodie Yung-led drama over several seasons, Caudillo today in court called the boys\u2019 parents \u201ctypical aggressive set parents.\u201d He also said the father sometimes made him \u201cuncomfortable\u201d and that he heard the parents \u201ctook it very badly\u201d when his children, who were being paid $60,000 an episode, were let go from the show. When asked about the core claims of abuse, which he said he read on Deadline<\/a> last week, The Hangover vet replied with a blunt \u201cno,\u201d when asked by attorney Dodd if \u201cit was possible Mr. Busfield inappropriately touched SL on the set of The Cleaning Lady.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHaving written to the court <\/a>late last week on the virtues of her husband, Melissa Gilbert<\/a> was in the courtroom today with other members of the family for the hearing. Being held without bond at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, Busfield looked over to her as he entered the room just at 1 p.m. PT. Dressed in the standard prison wear of an orange jumpsuit and shackled, Busfield immediately sat down with his Albuquerque attorneys Amber Fayerberg and Dodd.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018Thirtysomething\u2019 Castmates Offer Strong Support<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tReading over documents in front of him and sipping water, Busfield\u2019s hands were clearly shaking in the opening minutes in a relatively silent courtroom before the judge entered. Judge Murphy is expected to rule on the pretrial detention motion<\/a> during today\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tTimothy Busfield in a pretrial detention hearing on January 20 in Albuquerque (Sam Wasson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Wasson\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tSlamming the \u201cminimal investigation\u201d that The Cleaning Lady producer Warner Bros. conducted when allegations were first made in 2024 against Busfield, Assistant DA Brandenburg-Koch sought to dismiss the relevance of lie detector test Busfield successfully passed just before he surrendered himself to New Mexico police. \u201cPolygraph, although allowed here in New Mexico, I would ask the board give less weight to because we don\u2019t have raw data,\u201d she said. \u201cDefendant didn\u2019t provide us with that, and the polygraph does not address what this hearing is about.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAiming to keep the currently-incarcerated Busfield behind bars on the vile claims while the case works its way towards trial, Brandenburg-Koch also added that \u201c80% of children delay disclosure \u2026 it\u2019s also very normal that kids give a little bit at a time to test the waters to see what happens.\u201d With the thirtysomething actor and The Cleaning Lady director sitting nearby, the prosecutor told Judge Murphy that the \u201cstate is requesting that this Court find the defendant dangerous and that there are no conditions of release that the court can impose to secure the safety of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Timothy Busfield\u2019s Mugshot Released<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing a detailed arrest warrant issued January 9\u00a0<\/a>that charged the Busfield with two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and child abuse, lawyers for the Emmy winner have questioned how the 2014-born brothers and ex-The Cleaning Lady actors only spoke of tickling and such touching in initial interviews with police and other authorities. It wasn\u2019t until September of last year, months after the Albuquerque Police Department had begun what was turning into a non-starter of an investigation into claims against Busfield, the mother of the boys told the cops that \u201con 09\/02\/2025, SL reported to his counselor that Busfield \u201ctouched his penis and bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a November 3, 2025 phone interview with APD Officer Marvin Brown that is quoted in the January 9 warrant,\u00a0Busfield said \u201cthe lead actress, Elodie Yung\u201d told him back in late 2024 that \u201cthe mother of SL and VL (sic) that she wanted revenge, and I\u2019m going to get my revenge on Tim Busfield for not bringing her kids back for the final season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMaintaining the family\u2019s motivation was \u201call about money,\u201d as the Assistant DA herself termed it Tuesday, the defense in their opposition to prosecutors\u2019 pretrial detention motion proclaimed the DA\u2019s office \u201coffers no reliable proof\u2014only allegations advanced by witnesses with documented histories of fraud and financial exploitation, contradicted by a comprehensive studio investigation, and refuted by witnesses and objective risk assessments.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Timothy Busfield Dropped By Innovative Artists<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tToday, under questioning from Judge Murray on the suspicious move of the parents talking to lawyers before going to the authorities in 2024, Brandenburg-Koch said that no civil lawsuit has been filed. Stating \u201cthis is not about the parents history, she added \u201cit is my understanding that they are not filing a civil lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSince the charges were made public against Busfield, an episode of Law & Order: SVU starring the actor has been pulled from the schedule, Amazon-MGM have edited him out <\/a>of upcoming rom-com You Deserve Each Other, and his longtime agency Innovative Artists dropped him on January 14.<\/a><\/p>\n

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