Judge Dismisses Timothy Busfield's Child Sex Abuse Indictment in New Mexico
A New Mexico judge threw out the indictment against the actor, ruling that prosecutors failed to act impartially during grand jury proceedings.
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First reported by Deadline, 5 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
6 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 16 Oct 2026. Deadline published first, on 16 October at 21:06 UTC; The New York Times followed 6 min later. The most recent article, from The Hollywood Reporter, appeared on 16 October at 23:09 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The New York Times (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline, Rolling Stone, Consequence.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- DeadlineTimothy Busfield Gets Sexual Abuse Indictment Tossed Over Prosecutors Failing “To Act In A Fair & Impartial Manner”; DA “Evaluating Our Options”
- The New York TimesChild Sexual Abuse Charges Against Timothy Busfield Dismissed
- VarietyTimothy Busfield Indictment on Child Sex Abuse Charges Thrown Out by Judge
- Rolling StoneTimothy Busfield’s Child Sexual Abuse Case Dismissed
- ConsequenceCharges Against Timothy Busfield for Child Sex Abuse Tossed by Judge
- The Hollywood ReporterTimothy Busfield Child Sex Abuse Case Dismissed Over Prosecutorial Misconduct
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Timothy Busfield Child Sex Abuse Case Dismissed Over Prosecutorial Misconduct The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Timothy Busfield Indictment on Child Sex Abuse Charges Thrown Out by Judge Variety ·
- Child Sexual Abuse Charges Against Timothy Busfield Dismissed The New York Times ·
- Charges Against Timothy Busfield for Child Sex Abuse Tossed by Judge Consequence
- Timothy Busfield’s Child Sexual Abuse Case Dismissed Rolling Stone
- Timothy Busfield Gets Sexual Abuse Indictment Tossed Over Prosecutors Failing “To Act In A Fair & Impartial Manner”; DA “Evaluating Our Options” Deadline
In this story
- Timothy Busfield
- New Mexico
- Fox