Melissa Gilbert Says She Knew About Husband’s Child Sex Abuse Allegations Before Marriage: ‘I Trust Him’
A public defense years in the making finally came into focus as Melissa Gilbert addressed long-standing accusations against her husband, Timothy Busfield, amid a new wave of criminal charges. According to Fox News …
A public defense years in the making finally came into focus as Melissa Gilbert addressed long-standing accusations against her husband, Timothy Busfield, amid a new wave of criminal charges.
According to Fox News, while speaking during a sit-down on “Good Morning America,” Gilbert made clear she was not blindsided by past allegations tied to Busfield’s name. Instead, she said those claims were already known to her well before their 2013 marriage.
“I need to make something abundantly clear,” Gilbert, 61, said. “These allegations have been out in the ether for a very long time.”
She emphasized that she entered the relationship fully informed.
“When Tim and I got together, the internet existed. I didn’t go into my relationship blind. I’m neither naive nor am I complicit,” she said. “I talked to him about it. I asked him questions about it. I heard his side of the story — which nobody has ever heard — 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.”
Busfield, known for his role on “The West Wing,” pleaded not guilty after a grand jury indicted him on four counts of criminal sexual contact involving a child.