Melissa Gilbert’s husband, Timothy Busfield, facing warrant for child sex abuse

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Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

Sorry - who, exactly, has defended this guy? You keep saying that and you sound idiotic. Several of us have simply said we’re waiting for all the facts to be confirmed before making a judgement call. Too bad there are still vultures like you who insist all men all guilty from the get go.

It’s sounding very likely that he did indeed do something, especially with his prior history, but as another poster said, this doesn’t fit with his previous SA accusations. And there are other issues at play, namely what the mother allegedly said about getting revenge. So the normal people here will wait on confirmation of all the charges.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

Sorry - who, exactly, has defended this guy? You keep saying that and you sound idiotic. Several of us have simply said we’re waiting for all the facts to be confirmed before making a judgement call. Too bad there are still vultures like you who insist all men all guilty from the get go.

It’s sounding very likely that he did indeed do something, especially with his prior history, but as another poster said, this doesn’t fit with his previous SA accusations. And there are other issues at play, namely what the mother allegedly said about getting revenge. So the normal people here will wait on confirmation of all the charges.

The people who said the timeline is fishy and the parents wanted revenge are idiotic. I believe children.

Did you talk to the children?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, kids aren’t allowed to be tickled anymore?

Certainly not by their boss/non family members.

A 10-11 year old is a 5th grader.

Exactly. Tickle your own kids, nobody else's. Same with a butt pat. Only okay on your own child. And after a certain age your own child will ask you to stop it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, kids aren’t allowed to be tickled anymore?

Certainly not by their boss/non family members.

A 10-11 year old is a 5th grader.

Exactly. Tickle your own kids, nobody else's. Same with a butt pat. Only okay on your own child. And after a certain age your own child will ask you to stop it.

+1 it’s mind boggling how people are defending this creep.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

Sorry - who, exactly, has defended this guy? You keep saying that and you sound idiotic. Several of us have simply said we’re waiting for all the facts to be confirmed before making a judgement call. Too bad there are still vultures like you who insist all men all guilty from the get go.

It’s sounding very likely that he did indeed do something, especially with his prior history, but as another poster said, this doesn’t fit with his previous SA accusations. And there are other issues at play, namely what the mother allegedly said about getting revenge. So the normal people here will wait on confirmation of all the charges.

The people who said the timeline is fishy and the parents wanted revenge are idiotic. I believe children.

Did you talk to the children?

You just have to read the affidavit to get it. He admitted to tickling the kids on set to get them ready for acting. He bought them gifts off set. Not normal behavior and definitely grooming.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

Sorry - who, exactly, has defended this guy? You keep saying that and you sound idiotic. Several of us have simply said we’re waiting for all the facts to be confirmed before making a judgement call. Too bad there are still vultures like you who insist all men all guilty from the get go.

It’s sounding very likely that he did indeed do something, especially with his prior history, but as another poster said, this doesn’t fit with his previous SA accusations. And there are other issues at play, namely what the mother allegedly said about getting revenge. So the normal people here will wait on confirmation of all the charges.

The people who said the timeline is fishy and the parents wanted revenge are idiotic. I believe children.

Did you talk to the children?

You just have to read the affidavit to get it. He admitted to tickling the kids on set to get them ready for acting. He bought them gifts off set. Not normal behavior and definitely grooming.

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "definitely."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

Sorry - who, exactly, has defended this guy? You keep saying that and you sound idiotic. Several of us have simply said we’re waiting for all the facts to be confirmed before making a judgement call. Too bad there are still vultures like you who insist all men all guilty from the get go.

It’s sounding very likely that he did indeed do something, especially with his prior history, but as another poster said, this doesn’t fit with his previous SA accusations. And there are other issues at play, namely what the mother allegedly said about getting revenge. So the normal people here will wait on confirmation of all the charges.

The people who said the timeline is fishy and the parents wanted revenge are idiotic. I believe children.

Did you talk to the children?

You just have to read the affidavit to get it. He admitted to tickling the kids on set to get them ready for acting. He bought them gifts off set. Not normal behavior and definitely grooming.

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "definitely."

Those are grooming behaviors, sorry. Facts. Read the affadavit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

I don't think tickles are gross, weird and inappropriate. Presumably a parent was supervising and unconcerned at that time as well.

That is a good point. There must have been many people on set likely also the parents. Also the parents would have agreed to these gifts whatever they were. Was any of this addressed in the moment or soon after?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

Sorry - who, exactly, has defended this guy? You keep saying that and you sound idiotic. Several of us have simply said we’re waiting for all the facts to be confirmed before making a judgement call. Too bad there are still vultures like you who insist all men all guilty from the get go.

It’s sounding very likely that he did indeed do something, especially with his prior history, but as another poster said, this doesn’t fit with his previous SA accusations. And there are other issues at play, namely what the mother allegedly said about getting revenge. So the normal people here will wait on confirmation of all the charges.

The people who said the timeline is fishy and the parents wanted revenge are idiotic. I believe children.

Did you talk to the children?

You just have to read the affidavit to get it. He admitted to tickling the kids on set to get them ready for acting. He bought them gifts off set. Not normal behavior and definitely grooming.

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "definitely."

Those are grooming behaviors, sorry. Facts. Read the affadavit.

Again, you should look up the definition of "definitely."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

I don't think tickles are gross, weird and inappropriate. Presumably a parent was supervising and unconcerned at that time as well.

That is a good point. There must have been many people on set likely also the parents. Also the parents would have agreed to these gifts whatever they were. Was any of this addressed in the moment or soon after?

There's no evidence that they had any concerns with those behaviors until after the fact. Of course that isn't suspicious at all given the timeline...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

Sorry - who, exactly, has defended this guy? You keep saying that and you sound idiotic. Several of us have simply said we’re waiting for all the facts to be confirmed before making a judgement call. Too bad there are still vultures like you who insist all men all guilty from the get go.

It’s sounding very likely that he did indeed do something, especially with his prior history, but as another poster said, this doesn’t fit with his previous SA accusations. And there are other issues at play, namely what the mother allegedly said about getting revenge. So the normal people here will wait on confirmation of all the charges.

The people who said the timeline is fishy and the parents wanted revenge are idiotic. I believe children.

Did you talk to the children?

You just have to read the affidavit to get it. He admitted to tickling the kids on set to get them ready for acting. He bought them gifts off set. Not normal behavior and definitely grooming.

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "definitely."

+1 They CAN be grooming behaviors. That doesn't mean they DEFINITELY are. NP.

[Anonymous]

I had a great babysitter (teen boy) who tickled me when I was a kid (7-9) in the 1980s. It wasn't a problem. His intentions were pure and he was never inappropriate.

I also had a fellow co-worker who tickled me when I was 17 (as was he). It was a problem. It was part of his ongoing sexual harassment of me.

It's not the tickling that's the problem. It's the person doing it and their intention.

It may, however, be true that non-family members should never tickle, but that's a new rule. And one just evolving now. That said, even when there wasn't an official "rule" about it, sometimes tickling was indicative of / symptomatic of abuse.

The point is that people who say that it's obvious that someone who tickles is abusive are ignoring the nuances.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a grown man (the boss) ever think it’s ok to tickle someone else’s 10 year old children? Disgusting.

Can anyone answer this? Because Timothy admitted to doing just that.

The answer is it’s not ok.

It’s funny - all the Busfield defenders are now oddly quiet. Have they suddenly realized tickling kids on set is gross, weird and inappropriate?

Sorry - who, exactly, has defended this guy? You keep saying that and you sound idiotic. Several of us have simply said we’re waiting for all the facts to be confirmed before making a judgement call. Too bad there are still vultures like you who insist all men all guilty from the get go.

It’s sounding very likely that he did indeed do something, especially with his prior history, but as another poster said, this doesn’t fit with his previous SA accusations. And there are other issues at play, namely what the mother allegedly said about getting revenge. So the normal people here will wait on confirmation of all the charges.

The people who said the timeline is fishy and the parents wanted revenge are idiotic. I believe children.

Did you talk to the children?

You just have to read the affidavit to get it. He admitted to tickling the kids on set to get them ready for acting. He bought them gifts off set. Not normal behavior and definitely grooming.

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "definitely."

+1 They CAN be grooming behaviors. That doesn't mean they DEFINITELY are. NP.

They are definitely grooming behaviors. But we don’t know if Tim was actually grooming the kids. See the difference. It depends on the intent. But the behaviors themselves are traditional grooming behaviors. It’s in the affidavit. It’s crazy a director in this day and age would engage in these types of behaviors. Tickling someone else’s children on set is not ok. And the affidavit explains there were times the children were not properly supervised, as the children’s tutor, who was supposed to be doing the supervising, actually was socializing in some room instead of doing her job. There were times Busfield was alone with the kids.

[Anonymous]

Melissa wrote a letter to the judge asking him to protect her “sweet husband” in prison. 🤮

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait, kids aren’t allowed to be tickled anymore?

Certainly not by their boss/non family members.

A 10-11 year old is a 5th grader.

Exactly. Tickle your own kids, nobody else's. Same with a butt pat. Only okay on your own child. And after a certain age your own child will ask you to stop it.

+1 it’s mind boggling how people are defending this creep.

Waiting for ALL THE FACTS to be known is somehow "defending this creep"? I'd sure hate for you to be on anyone's jury.