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Melissa Gilbert’s husband, Timothy Busfield, facing warrant for child sex abuse
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Anonymous
I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "definitely." |
Anonymous
Those are grooming behaviors, sorry. Facts. Read the affadavit. |
Anonymous
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
Again, you should look up the definition of "definitely." |
Anonymous
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
+1 They CAN be grooming behaviors. That doesn't mean they DEFINITELY are. NP. |
Anonymous
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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. |
Anonymous
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
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. |
Anonymous
And you wouldn't do the same if it was your husband and you believed him to be innocent? 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/melissa-gilbert-says-her-greatest-joy-in-life-has-been-watching-husband-timothy-busfield-be-a-stepdad-to-her-son-michael/ar-AA1UpGjl?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=696c4786f06e482cb84ff5d2da703661&ei=13 |
Anonymous
Her son also wrote an amazing letter. Sounds like Bruce Boxleitner has mostly been MIA in his life. https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/timothy-busfields-stepson-says-hes-shown-up-more-than-bio-dad/ |
Anonymous
I know nothing about Busfield other than he was in Thirtysomething and also in the West Wing as an annoying reporter. But while your statement that these are “grooming behaviors” may be accurate, it does not mean that every time those behaviors are exhibited, it amounts to grooming. |
Anonymous
Disagree. Many adults Busfields age would consider tickling as a way to horse around and develop an easygoing rapport with a kid that makes them see you as fun and good natured rather than serious and scary. While it’s easy to see that a groomer would want to utilize that as a tool to lower inhibitions and gain trust, a director and producer could easily see the value in employing the same practices simply to create a relaxed culture and gain trust and rapport needed to get a relaxed and natural performance out of a child actor. If a producer/director did that to my kid and it bothered me or the child, I would raise the objection immediately rather than wait until my child was not asked back for another season. The timing is suspicious. |
Anonymous
+100 But maybe that’s not unusual if you are under 40. She played Laura Ingalls Wilder on Little House on the Prairie for like ten years. And most recently she was the president of SAG a few years back. |