Actor Timothy Busfield arrested

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013637439139566019

 

[Izzylizzy]

@0:22 defense attorney Brian Buckmeyer goes over the 200+ page document entered for the judge which appears to be trying to prove TB's innocence.
I could be wrong but it sounds like he said that the accusations against the parents have all been debunked?

 

[Izzylizzy]

Does the prosecution argue that in the first interview the boys were too afraid to admit TB touched them?
Do these recording even get played today?
imo

snip:

"On Monday, Busfield’s attorneys submitted two brief audio recordings of initial police interviews in which the children say Busfield did not touch them in private areas. The attorneys in a court filing argue that the complaint characterizes the interviews as a failure to disclose abuse, but an “unequivocal denial is materially different from a mere absence of disclosure.”

Actor Melissa Gilbert among witnesses at New Mexico detention hearing for husband Timothy Busfield

Actor Melissa Gilbert could speak Tuesday at a New Mexico detention hearing for her husband, Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield, who faces child sex abuse charges.

apnews.com

 

[LAborn]

Sidebar with Jesse Weber is one of my favorite podcasts, and sometimes he's on News Nation. This is a good comprehensive review of this case

 

[tricia]

Livestream Timothy Busfield hearing. The livestream is at the top of this thread. They will decide whether Busfield should be released

 

[Inthedetails]

Livestream Timothy Busfield hearing. The livestream is at the top of this thread. They will decide whether Busfield should be released

Update: He was granted release with restrictions not to be unsupervised with minors.

jmo

 

[tricia]

Join us at 10:30 PM Eastern. We will dig into the hearing today. It was a fascinating look into both sides of what is going to be a wild case. Plus Othram does it again! That and more tonight at 10:30 P.M. EASTERN

 

[tricia]

IN MY OPINION, this is going to be insane. The defense is going to go after the parents. Both parents have fraud convictions. Dad spent time in prison.
The prosecution laid out its case, and it seemed good. Not great but good. Then the defense presented its side.
By the way, this was a hearing to decide whether Busfield could go home or stay behind bars.
Go to about 1:23:50 in THIS VIDEO to hear the defense play a quick clip from the boy's interviews in which they say Busfield did not touch them. Then the defense goes into the details of the parents' past charges. Just rewind to listen to the whole court case. I would suggest you do that.
In myopinion...I don't know what is going to happen.
It is true that you can have crappy parents and still be abused right? It is true that the parents past behavior can be used to judge their behavior when it comes to this case.
The prosecution will argue that if the parents were going to have the kids make something up they would make their stories more dramatic. The defense will argue the parents have a history of fraud and this is a continuation of their past behavior.
I said it was going to be insane...I want to change that. It is going to be ugly. Horribly ugly. No matter what is decided, the kids are the losers.

 

[Inthedetails]

IN MY OPINION, this is going to be insane. The defense is going to go after the parents. Both parents have fraud convictions. Dad spent time in prison.
The prosecution laid out its case, and it seemed good. Not great but good. Then the defense presented its side.
By the way, this was a hearing to decide whether Busfield could go home or stay behind bars.
Go to about 1:23:50 in THIS VIDEO to hear the defense play a quick clip from the boy's interviews in which they say Busfield did not touch them. Then the defense goes into the details of the parents' past charges. Just rewind to listen to the whole court case. I would suggest you do that.
In myopinion...I don't know what is going to happen.
It is true that you can have crappy parents and still be abused right? It is true that the parents past behavior can be used to judge their behavior when it comes to this case.
The prosecution will argue that if the parents were going to have the kids make something up they would make their stories more dramatic. The defense will argue the parents have a history of fraud and this is a continuation of their past behavior.
I said it was going to be insane...I want to change that. It is going to be ugly. Horribly ugly. No matter what is decided, the kids are the losers.

I agree. It's ugly.

My impression after listening to the hearing is the state has a case but it's not super strong. And I thought the male lawyer on the defense side was better at presenting info than the prosecutor. I think it is going to be hard to get a conviction.

The witness flubbed up big time, imo, by saying he was with TB on the set 100% of the time and never saw TB tickle the kids, but TB himself admitted to tickling the kids on set. So there goes the defense that abuse couldn't happen with so many people around. But tickling isn't what he is charged with.

I also learned that MG is definitely active in defending TB - she is the one who contacted the witness to write a statement in support.

jmo

 

[MerBeach]

I’m going with the Children’s claims, and going from there.

 

[Inthedetails]

I’m going with the Children’s claims, and going from there.

I totally understand the sentiment, but the claims have to stand up in court.

jmopinion

 

[MerBeach]

I totally understand the sentiment, but the claims have to stand up in court.

jmopinion

Absolutely