{"id":43329,"date":"2026-04-07T00:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=43329"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:37:28","slug":"little-house-on-the-prairie-star-addresses-husbands-heinous-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=43329","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little House On The Prairie\u2019 Star Addresses Husband\u2019s Heinous Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Actress Melissa Gilbert gave her first interview since her husband, fellow actor Timothy Busfield, was accused of child sexual abuse. The \u201cLittle House on the Prairie\u201d star has made it clear she is standing by her husband amid his legal troubles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Gilbert explained her stance to George Stephanopoulos on Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Melissa Gilbert speaks out on husband\u2019s arrest: ABC News exclusive\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGn-gcTvom8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI know this man in my bones,\u201d she said during the interview. \u201cNo one knows him better than I do. I know literally everything about him. Our marriage has had a lot of ups and downs, we\u2019ve been through our struggles, we\u2019ve had our own issues to deal with, and we\u2019ve worked through everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Gilbert added, \u201cHe is nothing if not completely honest with me. I trust him with my children\u2019s lives, I trust him with my grandchildren\u2019s lives, my nieces and nephews. He is an honorable, caring, generous human being.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Busfield stands accused of sexually assaulting twin boys beginning when they were 7 years old. The actor worked with the child actors, born in 2014, on the set of \u201cThe Cleaning Lady,\u201d which aired on Fox from 2022 to 2025. Busfield directed some episodes and was named an executive producer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">One of the boys identified in court documents as \u201cSL\u201d told Albuquerque Police Officer Marvin Brown that Busfield touched his \u201cpenis and buttocks, masking it as play\u201d more than once. The alleged abuse is said to have started with the boys when they were 7 years old, The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/west-wing-actor-timothy-busfield-turns-himself-in-to-face-child-sex-abuse-charges?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98West+Wing%E2%80%99+Actor+Timothy+Busfield+Turns+Himself+In+To+Face+Child+Sex+Abuse+Charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">An investigation began in November 2024 when a University of New Mexico Hospital doctor reported his suspicions of sexual abuse and grooming to authorities. Investigators initially didn\u2019t press charges, but the case was reopened in September 2025 when one of the boys reported the alleged abuse to his doctor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Gilbert told \u201cGMA\u201d that no matter how the trial goes, she believes her life is over and that Busfield\u2019s reputation is forever ruined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cOur life as we knew it is done. We are grieving what we had. All of our plans, all of our dreams, all of our ideas, all of our projects,\u201d the actress said. \u201cFor Tim, it\u2019s done. He\u2019s canceled \u2026 even if he\u2019s exonerated, he will always be that guy. The last person in the world who would hurt a child.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Gilbert also insisted that if she had any inkling that her husband was a predator, she would not forgive him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cBelieve me, if I thought for a second that Tim Busfield hurt a child, he\u2019d have a lot more to worry about than prison,\u201d she said during the same interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">She said past allegations of sexual misconduct did not phase her prior to their marriage in April 2013. Busfield faced two previous sexual assault allegations in 1994 and 2012, but was never charged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cWhen Tim and I got together, the internet existed. I didn\u2019t go into my relationship blind. I\u2019m neither naive nor am I complicit,\u201d she said. \u201cI talked to him about it. I asked him questions about it. I heard his side of the story \u2014 which nobody has ever heard \u2014 which is the truth. And when the time is right, and that is not now, Tim will tell the truth of all of these past allegations when he needs to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/little-house-on-the-prairie-star-addresses-husbands-heinous-charges\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Melissa Gilbert gave her first interview since her husband, fellow actor Timothy Busfield, was accused of child sexual abuse. 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