Actor and director Timothy Busfield is facing two counts of sexual abuse involving minors in New Mexico after an arrest warrant was issued on Friday.
The investigation involves twin boys who were actors in the television series “The Cleaning Lady” in 2022, on which Busfield was a director. One of the boys told an investigator last fall that Busfield touched his “private areas” when he was seven, and again when he was eight, while they were on set.
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According to an Albuquerque police affidavit, the boy said he was “very afraid of Tim and was relieved when he was relieved.”
The “Field of Dreams” and “Thirtysomething” actor directed six episodes of “The Cleaning Lady,” which aired on Fox from 2022 to 2025.
According to the affidavit, Busfield spoke with police by phone in November. He was asked if he had “any physical contact” with the boys and if he picked them up and groped them.
“Timothy said it was very likely that he was,” the affidavit states.
Busfield then said that the parents of the boys will be around, and it will not be “weird.” He later said he did not remember picking up those boys.
“I don’t remember those boys,” he said. “No, I don’t know. In fact, I don’t remember, if it happened. I don’t remember ever doing it right to the boys, but it wouldn’t be rare for me.”
The office of the 2nd Judicial District Attorney declined to comment.
According to the affidavit, Warner Bros. conducted an investigation in 2025 after SAG-AFTRA received an anonymous complaint about a separate incident in December 2024.
The complaint alleged that Busfield had kissed a boy on the face in the hair and makeup trailer, and that he would scratch and drag the boys’ heads. Warner Bros. contracted an outside investigator who was unable to substantiate that claim.
Albuquerque Police Det. Marvin Brown alleged in the affidavit that Warner Bros. “made it very difficult to get information for this case.” The detective obtained a search warrant to obtain a copy of the investigative report, but it was not turned over until three months later, he wrote.
When the detective reached other child actors on the show to ensure their safety, he was advised by Warner Bros. that he would have to go through her lawyers to talk to the employees, the affidavit says.
Warner Bros. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When Busfield joined the series, he “grew closer to the boys,” the affidavit says, adding, “It was reported that Timothy would tell his children to call him ‘Uncle Tim’.”
A police officer first spoke to the parents and boys in 2024, after police received a report from their doctor. At the time, the boys did not disclose any sexual contact to the officer, and police declined to pursue charges.
However, in September 2025, one of the children reported to his counselor and later to his pediatrician that Busfield had “touched his penis and bottom.”
The other brother said “he didn’t like being touched, but he didn’t say anything because he didn’t want to get into trouble,” according to the complaint.
In his interview with the police, Busfield said that he had heard from Elodie Yung, the main actress of the show, that the mother of the boys “wanted revenge” because her children were not brought back for the last season.
Yung refused to talk to police, saying she “doesn’t want to be involved in the investigation,” the affidavit states.
The arrest warrant was issued by a judge Friday afternoon. Busfield’s legal representative did not respond to a request for comment.
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