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Have A Seat with Chris Hansen

Inside the Timothy Busfield Case with Attorney Larry Stein | Larry Stein | Have A Seat Ep. 33

Have A Seat with Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen

True Crime

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Have a Seat with Chris Hansen, Chris is joined by Larry Stein, famed entertainment attorney and lawyer for actor and director Timothy Busfield. The Emmy Award winning Busfield has recently been accused of inappropriately touching two child actors on the set of The Cleaning Lady on which he was the director. A Bernalillo County, NM grand jury indicted Busfield on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor, to which the Thirtysomething star pleaded not guilty. Stein passionately breaks down the evidence in this case, or lack thereof, relays what Busfield says really happened, reveals new information and the criminal history of the mother and father of the two boys, and argues that this case is a clear demonstration of prosecutorial misconduct. If you have been following the case against Timothy Busfield, this is an episode Have a Seat you won’t want to miss! Sponsors: Home Title Lock: Go to https://hometitlelock.com/chrishansen and use promo code HANSEN to get a FREE title history report and a FREE TRIAL of their Triple Lock Protection! For details visit https://hometitlelock.com/warranty AquaTru: Head to https://AquaTru.com & use code HANSEN for 20% off your purifier and a 30-day best-tasting water guarantee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

In 22 years of covering predator investigations, doing stories about men trying to exploit vulnerable children, the cases are clear cut for the most part, right?

0:24.0

We do a sting. We have a police detective posing as a child in a chat. The man makes the first

0:31.5

move. He has a sexually charged conversation. He drives to the stinghouse. He meets me. I have the transcripts.

0:40.7

I have the evidence. In a recent case, the guy brought a happy meal. Well, what age of a person

0:47.3

consumes a happy meal? It's a child. We have evidence. You watch the commission of a crime

0:53.9

in real time.

0:56.3

But there's a case in the headlines right now that is honestly quite vexing, to me, at least.

1:04.9

And I've been covering these things a long time.

1:06.4

And it's the case of Timothy Busfield.

1:08.3

You've heard about it.

1:09.8

The actor, director, accused of

1:11.9

inappropriately touching two brothers, child actors, on the set of a show called The Cleaning

1:20.0

Woman. And he's the director and an actor in that. His wife, Melissa Gilbert, also an actress, has been very

1:29.7

vocal in recent days talking about this case, defending her husband, and I have a lot of questions

1:36.6

about it. And the lawyer representing Timothy Busfield and Melissa Gilbert is Larry Stein, and he's agreed to have a seat

1:46.5

with me and to get into the granular details of this case so you can better understand it,

1:54.3

and I honestly can better understand it. Larry Stein, thank you for having a seat with me.

1:58.4

I appreciate it. Well, thank you for having me and giving me

2:01.8

the opportunity to inform your listeners of all of the facts because he's going to be found not

2:09.5

guilty. I don't have any question about that. If the case even goes that far, should be dismissed

2:14.9

long before that by a judge, or hopefully if the DA wakes up. But I'm not

2:20.2

here to prove that the DA can't prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. I'm here to prove

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