ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Actor-director Timothy Busfield is facing new allegations of abuse as prosecutors in Albuquerque look to keep him behind bars.
The hearing on Wednesday lasted a few minutes as Busfield made his first appearance before a judge a day after turning himself in. He faces charges of child sex abuse stemming from allegations that he inappropriately touched a minor on the set of a TV series he was directing in New Mexico called “The Cleaning Lady.”
According to the criminal complaint, an investigator says the child reported that he was 7 years old when Busfield touched him multiple times on private areas over his clothing. Busfield is accused of touching him on another occasion when he was 8, the complaint said…