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The US Marshals Service has joined in the hunt to locate Timothy Busfield after a warrant was issued for the actor’s arrest in New Mexico in connection with child sex abuse charges.
The Albuquerque Police Department confirmed that its investigators are working with the US Marshals Service to track down the “West Wing” actor’s whereabouts and take him into custody in connection with the disturbing allegations.
“Albuquerque Police Department is working with the US Marshal Service to get Mr. Busfield into custody,” department spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos told Deadline Monday.
Gallegos said there is currently no timeline for when authorities expect to apprehend the “Field of Dreams” actor.
The Post has reached out to the Albuquerque Police Department for comment.
Busfield, 68, is wanted on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse.
Busfield allegedly engaged in unlawful sexual conduct with a pair of 11-year-old twins while directing the Fox show “The Cleaning Lady” in 2024, according to an arrest warrant issued on Friday.
One of the alleged victims claimed the shocking incidents first started when he and his brother were 7 years old, according to the affidavit.
The investigation into the “Stripes” star’s alleged crimes kicked off in November 2024 when a doctor at the University of New Mexico Hospital alerted police about suspected sexual abuse and grooming involving the minors, per the warrant.
Although the APD initially declined to press charges against Busfield, the case was said to be reopened in September 2025 when one of the kids told his counselor and then pediatrician that Busfield “touched him on his penis and bottom,” the affidavit claims.
The “Revenge of the Nerds” star also allegedly told the kids to call him “Uncle Tim” and tickled them on their stomachs and legs, per the arrest warrant.
Busfield, meanwhile, reportedly spoke to investigators by phone in November and said it was “highly likely” he had “physical contact” with the twins while filming “The Cleaning Lady.”
“I don’t remember those boys,” he also said, according to the affidavit. “No, I don’t. I don’t actually, I don’t remember it, if it happened. I don’t remember overtly tickling the boys ever, but it wouldn’t be uncommon for me.”
During that interview with the police, the “Thirtysomething” alum reportedly claimed that Elodie Yung, the lead actress on “The Cleaning Lady,” told him that the twins’ mom was seeking “revenge” because the boys were not invited back for the show’s final season.
The allegations remain under investigation.
Busfield has more than 700 combined credits as an actor, producer, and director in TV and film, and is known for his major role in several seasons of “The West Wing.”
He married “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert in 2013. The couple shares no children.
In November, Gilbert made a post on Instagram against child sex abuse after Megyn Kelly commented on convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Gilbert, 61, is not accused of any wrongdoing.
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