“Little House on the Prairie” alumna Melissa Gilbert remains steadfast in her support for husband Timothy Busfield, the Emmy-winning actor who has been embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal since earlier this year. “The West Wing” actor Busfield has three adult children from two previous marriages and is the stepfather to Gilbert’s two adult sons from her two previous marriages. When asked what justice for her husband might look like, Gilbert replied: “Exoneration and apology. Gilbert also told Stephanopoulos that before she married Busfield, she was aware he had been accused of sexual harassment twice by different women, once in 1994 and another time in 2012. I am neither naive nor am I complicit,” she said, adding she and her husband discussed those claims.

Source: The Times April 07, 2026 17:41 UTC