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Associated Press

West Wing and Field of Dreams actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child, a New Mexico prosecutor announced on Friday.
The allegations are tied to Busfield’s work as a director on the set of the television series The Cleaning Lady in recent years.
Busfield has denied the allegations, initially filed in court by police, and a defence lawyer on Friday said he would “fight these charges at every stage”.
Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman announced the indictment in a social media post.
Busfield had turned himself in to authorities in January and was later released from jail on his own recognisance by a judge who found no pattern of criminal conduct or similar allegations involving children in Busfield’s past.

Busfield is best known for appearances on The West Wing, Field of Dreams and Thirtysomething.
Larry Stein, a lawyer for Busfield, did not comment on the sexual contact charge in the indictment but said the grand jury declined to endorse grooming charges sought by prosecutors.
He said in a statement that a detention hearing already “exposed fatal weaknesses in the state’s evidence – gaps that no amount of charging decisions can cure”.
An investigator with the Albuquerque Police Department said a boy reported that Busfield touched him on his private areas over his clothing on one occasion when he was seven years old and another time when he was eight, according to the initial criminal complaint from police.
The boy’s twin told authorities he was also touched by Busfield, but he did not say anything right away because he did not want to get in trouble, the complaint said.
At a detention hearing last month, Busfield’s lawyers pointed out that the children initially said during interviews with police that Busfield did not touch them inappropriately.
Busfield’s lawyers then accused the boys’ parents of coaching their children towards incriminating statements after the boys lost lucrative roles on the show.


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A pair of twin boys involved in a TV series he is directing have accused Busfield of touching them inappropriately


A pair of twin boys involved in a TV series he is directing have accused Busfield of touching them inappropriately.


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West Wing actor Timothy Busfield indicted for sexual contact with child

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}A pair of twin boys involved in a TV series he is directing have accused Busfield of touching them inappropriately

A pair of twin boys involved in a TV series he is directing have accused Busfield of touching them inappropriately