Underage twin boys who accused actor Timothy Busfield of sexual misconduct initially told investigators he didn’t touch them inappropriately, according to newly released audio.
The police audio obtained by The Post features the 11-year-old child actors, known by the initials VL and SL, being interviewed by police in November 2024.
The audio was submitted to the court ahead of a hearing scheduled for Tuesday. via REUTERSThe officer gently asks, “You know no one can touch your private areas?”
The boys respond by saying, “Yes,” according to the audio first obtained and published by TMZ.
The officer then asks if Busfield ever touches their private parts, which both the boys deny. “But he didn’t touch that part,” SL responds to the officer in one clip.
“No, he’s never touched me,” VL adds in a separate audio recording.
The audio was presented by Busfield’s attorney in a New Mexico court on Monday, calling it an “unequivocal denial” of their allegations of inappropriate touching,
The audio was submitted to the court ahead of a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
It will determine if the “West Wing” actor will be released on bail pending trial.
According to a criminal complaint, one of the boys confided in a therapist, saying Busfield touched his penis and bottom, the child’s mother said, TMZ reported.
Busfield’s attorneys said both boys issued “unequivocal” denials of alleged abuse by the actor in their interviews with police.
But prosecutors, according to Busfield’s defense team, said the audio only showed the boys failing to “disclose” abuse.
