Embattled actor Timothy Busfield surrendered to New Mexico authorities Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection with child sex abuse charges — and insisted he was innocent and the disturbing allegations were “all lies.”
The “West Wing” star turned himself in to the Albuquerque Police Department after cops alleged he engaged in unlawful sexual conduct with 11-year-old twin boys while directing the Fox show “The Cleaning Lady” in 2024, the police department confirmed to The Post.
The “Revenge of the Nerds’ actor denied the “horrible” accusations, stressing that he “did not do anything to those little boys” in a video message his lawyer shared with TMZ ahead of his arrest.
“I’m going to confront these lies, they’re horrible,” Busfield, 68, said in the clip.
“They are all lies and I did not do anything to those little boys. And I’m going to fight it. I’m going to fight it with a great team, and I’m going to be exonerated. I know I am because this is all so wrong and all lies.
“So hang in there, and hopefully I’m out real soon and back to work. I love everybody for supporting me.”
Busfield, who was declared missing, also noted that he traveled 2,000 miles to Albuquerque after learning of the charges Friday and obtaining a lawyer the following day.
Representatives for Busfield did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The Michigan-born actor-director, best known for his role as Danny Concannon on HBO’s political drama “The West Wing,” faces two counts of criminal misconduct against a minor — one for each child — according to a warrant issued on Friday by New Mexico Police.
He is accused of inappropriately touching one of the boys three or four times, and the other five or six times, according to the warrant.
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The alleged abuse began in 2022, when the boy was 7 years old, according to court documents.
It wasn’t investigated until November 2024, when a physician notified police about suspected sexual abuse after examining one of the children at the University of New Mexico Hospital, according to the criminal complaint.
Attorneys for Warner Bros., which produced “The Cleaning Lady,” told cops that a prior independent investigation into the allegations found no evidence to support the claims, the complaint alleged.
But the “Field of Dreams” actor allegedly admitted to police that it was “highly likely” he touched kids on the set of the Fox show, explaining how there were no specific rules regarding physical contact with children.
Busfield, who is married to former child actress Melissa Gilbert, told Officer Marvin Brown that the set of “The Cleaning Lady” was a “playful environment,” according to an arrest warrant obtained by US Weekly.
“I mean, I’m always around people, right? It would be, you know, in front of the parents. There would never be a weird moment about it,” Busfield said in the Nov. 3, 2025 interview, according to the arrest warrant.
“I don’t really remember picking those boys up. I remember picking up the boy who followed them. I’d pick him up and he’d be giggling and that would sort of get him ready to act.”
Busfield reportedly added that tickling a child “wouldn’t be uncommon” for him, but claimed he didn’t remember “overtly tickling the boys ever” in relation to the case.
However, the child actors were “never alone on set without the teacher, a welfare worker, or a parent,” he insisted.
Busfield’s lawyer, Larry Stein, believes the sickening allegations were driven by revenge.
Stein, in a statement to The Post, claimed the boys’ mother told an actress on the New Mexico set she wanted payback after her sons were cut from the show’s final season.
“As reflected in the criminal complaint, after her son was terminated from the show, the boy’s mother vowed to ‘get her revenge against Timothy Busfield,’” he argued in the statement.
“What followed appears to be a calculated effort to construct a case, driven by animus not fact, despite prior investigations finding no evidence of wrongdoing. The claims being made against Tim are completely false, and we will fight this to the end until the truth prevails.”