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Embattled actor Timothy Busfield was dropped by his talent agency on the same day he appeared in a New Mexico courtroom for the first time in his child sex abuse case.

Innovative Artists, which is based in Los Angeles and New York, released the 68-year-old actor and director as a client as of Wednesday, Deadline reported.

The agency offered a “fair-sized” team to represent the “West Wing” actor during his several years with the group, according to the outlet.


  Timothy Busfield appears in court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Jan. 14, 2026. BACKGRID Timothy Busfield appears in court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Jan. 14, 2026. BACKGRID

Busfield’s career hit came after he entered no plea in his first court appearance on disturbing allegations that he sexually abused two young boys on the set of a FOX show he directed.

The alleged abuse began in 2022, when the boys were 7 years old, on the set of “The Cleaning Lady” in New Mexico.

The “Field of Dreams” actor is accused of inappropriately touching one of the boys three or four times, and the other five or six times, according to the arrest warrant filed Friday.

A criminal investigation began in 2024 when a physician notified police about suspected sexual abuse after examining one of the children at the University of New Mexico Hospital, according to the complaint.

Attorneys for Warner Bros., which produced “The Cleaning Lady,” told cops that a prior independent investigation into the allegations found no evidence to support the claims, the complaint alleged.


  Busfield surrendered to police and was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. Getty Images Busfield surrendered to police and was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. Getty Images

  Timothy Busfield and his wife, Melissa Gilbert. @officialmodernprairie/Instagram Timothy Busfield and his wife, Melissa Gilbert. @officialmodernprairie/Instagram

Busfield, who is married to former child star Melissa Gilbert, turned himself in to the Albuquerque Police Department on Tuesday.

Busfield was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. He has denied the allegations.

“Tim Busfield denies the allegations in the criminal complaint and maintains they are completely false,” the actor’s lawyer, Larry Stein, said in a statement to The Post Wednesday.

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A third alleged victim, a 16-year-old girl in Sacramento, California, accused Busfield of sexual abuse “several years ago,” according to a motion filed by prosecutors in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on Jan. 14.

Colin Swift, the alleged victim’s father, reported the incident to investigators on Jan. 13, according to the motion, which was filed to request pretrial detention and was obtained by The Post. Busfield has not been charged in connection with the 16-year-old’s claim.

The father alleges Busfield kissed his daughter during an audition with the director before he put his hands down the teen girl’s pants and “touched her privates” at the B Street Theatre, according to the motion.

Busfield founded the B Street Theatre, which opened as Theatre for Children, in Sacramento in 1986.


  The actor was ordered held without bail and is currently at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque. BACKGRID The actor was ordered held without bail and is currently at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque. BACKGRID

The director allegedly begged for the family to not report the incident to police “if he received therapy,” according to the motion.

Swift, a therapist, agreed “that was the best thing to do” at the time.

The actor was ordered held without bail and is currently at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque.

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