"Cancelled. His Career Is Over." But Actor Timothy Busfield Is Getting Out of Jail
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Actor Timothy Busfield has just learned he's getting out of jail. A New Mexico judge denied the prosecution's motion to keep Busfield behind bars, pending trail. Busfield has been accused of improperly touching two boys on the set of a show. Amy and T. J. watched every emotional and fascinating moment of the just-wrapped hearing that left Busfield's wife, Melissa Gilbert, in tears.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:14.4 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:15.6 | It is Tuesday, January 20th and a breaking story, |
| 0:19.8 | developing just as we are getting in front of these microphones. |
| 0:23.0 | Actor Timothy Busfield gets to go home. |
| 0:27.5 | His court hearing just wrapped up and the judge is going to let him go home. |
| 0:33.6 | The moment sent his wife, Melissa Gilbert, to tears. |
| 0:38.1 | With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:40.1 | Again, Robs has only been, I mean, literally less than 10 minutes ago, he wrapped this hearing. |
| 0:46.4 | But it was something to see, Melissa Gilbert, this iconic TV actress sitting in a courtroom, |
| 0:52.0 | just a couple of rows behind her husband accused of heinous crimes, |
| 0:56.4 | but yes, he is going to get to go home. |
| 0:57.9 | I actually was brought to tears watching Melissa Gilbert break down when she heard the judge say |
| 1:03.6 | that Timothy Bustfield was going to get to go home. |
| 1:06.7 | He didn't even put travel restrictions on him and let him leave on his own recognizance. |
| 1:12.5 | So didn't even set some high dollar amount for him to be able to leave. |
| 1:17.5 | It was the best case scenario for Timothy Bussfield and Melissa Gilbert. |
| 1:24.1 | The judge's decision was what they were hoping for, most likely what they were praying for. |
| 1:29.8 | And so to see all of that emotion come out after a two-plus hour hearing, which was honestly |
| 1:35.7 | riveting the entire time, it was remarkable what we learned and what we heard in court today. |
| 1:42.2 | Yes, folks, to explain here, you know the case by now, |
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