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Busfield pictured in September 2025. Alamy Stock Photo

West Wing actor Timothy Busfield charged over sexual contact with a child

Busfield is best known for appearances in The West Wing, Field Of Dreams and Thirtysomething.

A NEW MEXICO grand jury has indicted US actor Timothy Busfield on four counts of sexual contact with a child.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman announced the indictment today in a social media post.

Authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Busfield over allegations of misconduct from when he was working as a director on the set of TV series The Cleaning Lady.

The actor has denied the allegations.

He turned himself in to authorities and later was released from jail.

Busfield is famous for his prime-time television roles as a White House reporter on the NBC political drama The West Wing, which ran from 1999 to 2006.

He also starred as an advertising agency executive on the 1980s ABC ensemble series Thirtysomething.

He is married to Melissa Gilbert, an actor and former president of the ⁠Screen Actors Guild.

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