WEST Wing actor Tim Busfield has made his first court appearance after being charged with child sex abuse crimes.
The 68-year-old star was officially charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor (child under 13) and one count of child abuse.
Busfield stood in court in an orange jumpsuit while he listened to the allegationsCredit: Reuters
His location was unknown for several days after the allegations went public
Credit: Reuters
Yesterday, Busfield stood in court in an orange jumpsuit while he listened to the allegations that he engaged in unlawful sexual conduct with 11-year-old twin boys.
The judge has confirmed his pretrial detention hearing will take place in the
next five business days.
January 29 has been decided as the deadline for his preliminary hearing.
A warrant was issued on January 4 for the star, who played senior White House Correspondent
Danny Concannon in the American drama series.
His location was unknown for several days after the allegations went public, but he turned himself in to officials in New Mexico on Tuesday January 13, Albuquerque Police confirmed to The U.S. Sun.
Disturbingly, one of the victims alleged that the incidents began when he was just 7 years old.
In the immediate hours before his surrender to police Busfield spoke out about the allegations he labelled “lies”.
In the video obtained by TMZ, he said: “I’m sure most of you know, that are watching this, that I was ordered to come to Albuquerque – I’m here now.
“I got the call Friday night, I had to get a lawyer. Saturday I got in the car, drove 2,000 miles to Albuquerque.
“I’m gonna confront these lies. They’re horrible.”
He continued denying the heinous allegations, claiming “They’re all lies and I did not do anything to those little boys and I’m gonna fight it.
“I’m gonna fight it with a great team, and I’m gonna be exonerated, I know I am, because this is all so wrong and all lies.”
