10-year-old New Mexico boy says Timothy Busfield ‘touched ‘stool’ and ‘urine’ area during production Cleaning ladyAn arrest warrant was issued and approved by the Albuquerque District Attorney on Friday.
“In my training and experience, child molesters often infiltrate families under a trusted role, such as Timothy, who, as a producer, took advantage of a frenetic set to tickle and touch SL on his penis and buttocks, disguising it as a play,” confirms Albuquerque Police Officer Marvin Brown. “He would invite the family to out-of-place gatherings, where his wife would buy Christmas presents to foster closeness, making SL feel special and dependent—classic grooming to undermine boundaries, isolate the victim, and silence suspicion by mixing abuse with normalcy.
Filled with two brothers’ accounts of their alleged repeated experiences with… Thirty something alum, who was a director on the Élodie Yung-led Fox drama that has now been shut down from Warner Bros. Television, the document charges Busfield with two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and child abuse. It is unclear at this point whether the Emmy Award winner has been arrested and booked.
If found guilty, Busfield could face at least three years behind bars.
In fact, the 68-year-old, who was accused but never charged in two previous sexual assault allegations in 1994 and 2012, could be waiting for a much longer sentence. Under New Mexico laws, the length of imprisonment for sexual offenses against minors depends largely on the context and circumstances in the levels of punishment they impose. This time and felony class can increase significantly if the crime involves children under the age of 13 – as is alleged here.
The two boys, born in 2014, were named “SL” and “VL” in the note. Cleaning lady Over several seasons before the role was dropped due to age, I hear. However, in a November 3, 2025 phone interview with Busfield in the arrest warrant, West wing Actor Brown told the investigating officer that “the lead actress, Elodie Young” told him over a year ago that “the mother of SL and VL (sic) wants revenge, and I will take revenge on Tim Busfield for not bringing her kids back for the final season.”
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In interviews conducted by SL and VL on Halloween last year by “legitimate child interviewer,” and observed by Brown, the arrest warrant states that SL told them the alleged abuse by Busfield began when he was 7 and older. Cleaning lady.
“SL said Tim touched him three to four times on his ‘poop’ area and his ‘urine’ on his clothing,” the 12-page arrest warrant states in what is referred to as a second incident with Busfield, similar to a previous incident. “SL said he was very afraid of Tim and felt uncomfortable when he was off set. SL said he was afraid to tell anyone because Tim was the director, and he was afraid Tim would get mad at him. SL advised that Tim touched him while he was just filming in Albuquerque.”
SL now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, the warrant says. The document adds that SL revealed that he had nightmares about seeing the director touching him and waking up frightened.
It goes on: “VL explained that Mr. Tim started touching them for the first two years, and he didn’t want to say anything, because he didn’t want to be mean to him. So, VL didn’t say anything. VL said that Mr. Tim would start touching him with his hands around his body while filming at ‘Home’. VL advised that it was about his body, but he did not reveal that he was touched on his buttocks or his penis area. VL said that he did not like to be touched at ‘Home’. He was touched, but he did not say which Something because he didn’t want to get into trouble.
The matter first came to the attention of cops in late 2024 when a doctor from the University of New Mexico Hospital contacted the Albuquerque Police Department in regards to a “sexual assault investigation.”
Noting that the boys’ father had been advised to go to the hospital by a local law firm, today’s memo details: “Officer Osborne spoke with both VL and SL, who did not disclose any sexual contact at this time. However, both boys reported that Timothy Busfield, whom they referred to as ‘Uncle Tim,’ would tickle them on the abdomen and legs. Neither boy was interested in the tickling. Officer Osborne contacted Detective Michael Brown of the Crimes Against Children Unit and determined that the case You do not meet their acceptance criteria at this time.”
The matter returned to police attention and became a greater priority after the boys’ mother reported that on 09/02/2025, SL reported to his counselor that Timothy Busfield had touched his penis and anus.
In the same phone conversation with Busfield in the weeks before Thanksgiving last year, the New York City-based director also told Officer Brown that producer Warner Bros TV had conducted its own investigation into the allegations against him after SAG-AFTRA received an anonymous complaint in early 2025 about an incident on Cleaning lady He is appointed effective December 2024. After writing a search warrant for WB (which today’s warrant appears to erroneously say occurred on “10/03/2025”) and numerous correspondence with WB’s attorney Richard Wesling at the law firm Proskauer, Brown on New Year’s Eve obtained the external report dated March 31, 2025 prepared by the Los Angeles office of Solomon Law.
Specifically, the report, which saw Busfield suspended during the investigation, looked into a hotline caller’s claims that there was evidence of Busfield “ticking and caressing the heads and bodies of young boys” while working on the Albuquerque film. Cleaning lady. Based on his reading of the document, Brown says in a memo Friday that Solomon’s investigator “Christina McGovern was not able to speak with anyone who supported the evidence that Timothy Busfield engaged in this conduct.”
Working on what now appear to be limited accusations, WBTV’s investigation saw Bousfield “exonerated,” sources told me.
In a statement to Deadline tonight, Channing Dungey-led WBTV said: “The health and safety of our cast and crew is always our top priority, especially the safety of minors in our productions. We take all allegations of misconduct seriously and have systems in place to quickly and thoroughly investigate and, when needed, take appropriate action. We are aware of the current charges against Mr. Busfield and have been and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement.”
As well as speaking to the boys’ mother and father (who appear to have instigated and then stopped a civil suit over the matter), as well as some… Cleaning lady Production assistants and makeup and hair department staff. Today’s memo also details a briefing between Brown and series star Young, who was also a producer.
“On 11/5/2025, I contacted Elodie Yung to set up an interview. Elodie agreed to meet with me at the Northwest Substation on 11/7/2025,” Brown notes in a fairly comprehensive affidavit that Albuquerque Assistant DA Savannah Brandenburg-Koch signed today. “I initially informed Elodie that Tim Busfield gave me her name and said she might have information about this case. On 11/06/2025, Elodie left me a voicemail in which she refused to speak with me and said she did not want to participate in the investigation and that she would not have any information that could help in this case.”
Busfield’s agents at Innovative Artists did not respond late Friday to Deadline’s request for comment on the arrest warrant and charges against their client.