Timothy Busfield Release: Child Sex Abuse Case Ruling

A judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a ⁤detention hearing on child sex⁢ abuse charges.

The ​order Tuesday⁣ by state district court judge David Murphy is linked‍ to accusations that Busfield inappropriately touched a minor while working as a director on the set of the ⁢series​ The Cleaning Lady.

The⁤ judge ordered that the defendant was released on his own ⁤recognizance,pending ⁤trial.⁤ Busfield will be supervised upon release ⁣by a pretrial service in Albuquerque, and can leave the state to⁢ live at home, the judge said.

busfield, an Emmy​ award-winning⁢ actor who is known for appearances in The West⁢ Wing, Field of ‌Dreams, and Thirtysomething, was ordered held without‌ bond last week at his first court appearance. Busfield‌ called ⁤the‌ allegations lies in a video shared before he turned himself ‌in.

At the hearing on Tuesday,Busfield was handcuffed ⁢and ⁤dressed in an⁢ orange jail uniform at the hearing in‍ a New ⁤Mexico ⁢ state district court while wife and actor Melissa⁤ Gilbert watched from the court gallery.

Gilbert‍ was tearful while exiting the courtroom after the judge ordered Busfield’s release.

Gilbert, who ⁤played Laura⁤ Ingalls in the 1970s-1980s ‍TV series Little House on the⁢ Prairie, is on ‍the list of potential witness ​submitted ahead of the ‍hearing.

Albuquerque police issued‌ a ⁤warrant for‍ Busfield’s arrest⁣ earlier this month on⁤ two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one ⁣count of child abuse. A criminal complaint alleges⁤ the acts occurred on the set ⁤of the series The Cleaning Lady.

According to the ‍criminal ‍complaint, an investigator with the police ‍department says the child reported Busfield⁢ touched him on private areas over his clothing on one occasion when