Award-winning West Wing star charged with child sex abuse

Actor Timothy Busfield, who starred successful the deed shows The West Wing and Thirtysomething, has been charged with kid enactment abuse.

The Emmy Award-winning actor, 68, made his archetypal tribunal quality connected Wednesday implicit allegations helium sexually abused 2 boys connected the acceptable of a ​television series.

Busfield appeared remotely via a video nexus from jailhouse a time aft turning himself successful - erstwhile helium was taken into custody successful Albuquerque connected 2 counts of transgression intersexual interaction of a insignificant and 1 number of kid abuse.

The justice ordered Busfield to beryllium held without bond.

Prosecutors allege Busfield groomed and sexually abused the children.

An apprehension warrant was issued for Busfield connected Monday, who turned himself successful to the Albuquerque Police ‌Department connected Tuesday and was booked into the Bernalillo County jailhouse without bond, said Nancy Laflin, a spokesperson for the territory attorney's office.

In a video posted online soon earlier his surrender, Busfield ​called the allegations against him "lies" and said: "I'm going to beryllium exonerated. I cognize I am."

"I did not bash thing to those small boys," helium said during the 45-second clip.

In November, helium told investigators helium astir apt had carnal interaction with the boys connected occasion, similar tickling oregon picking them up, but successful a playful mode with others present, according to a sworn statement. He besides suggested the parental claims were an enactment of revenge aft producers decided to regenerate the children successful the series.

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Busfield became a household sanction arsenic a ‍White House newsman connected The West Wing, which ran from 1999 to 2006, aft making his sanction playing an advertizing bureau enforcement successful the 1980s ABC ensemble bid Thirtysomething.

His woman Melissa Gilbert is champion known for gaining fame successful the 1970s arsenic a kid histrion connected the deed household play Little House On The Prairie.