New Mexico judge dismisses Timothy Busfield indictment

A New Mexico judge dismissed the indictment against actor and director Timothy Busfield, citing prosecutorial misconduct and errors that undermined the grand jury process. The decision removes the current indictment but does not resolve the allegations against him. Busfield has denied them, and prosecutors are reviewing whether to seek a new indictment. State District Judge Joseph Montano granted a defense motion to dismiss in a decision released Friday, October 16. The case involved allegations of criminal sexual contact with a child. Prosecutors had not announced a decision on whether to bring a new indictment, according to statements reported after the ruling. The case arose from Busfield’s work directing the television series The Cleaning Lady from 2022 to 2024. The parents of twin boys who appeared on the show alleged that he touched the children inappropriately on its Albuquerque set. A criminal complaint filed in January recounted an investigator’s account that one boy reported two alleged incidents, when he was 7 and 8 years old. The complaint said his twin also reported being touched but did not specify where. The indictment followed a grand jury proceeding....