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Melissa Gilbert's Husband Indicted on Child Sex Charges

5/28/2026

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Timothy Busfield, Melissa Gilbert’s husband, was indicted in New Mexico on four felony counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor.
On May 26, 2026, Gilbert posted on Instagram that she had contacted her birth father David Darlington, confirming his middle name is Manly.
She turned Instagram comments off after the indictment, later reactivated them, stating confidence Busfield will be exonerated despite her adoptive father’s suicide when she was eleven.

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Timothy Busfield, Melissa Gilbert’s husband, was indicted in New Mexico on four felony counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor.
On May 26, 2026, Gilbert posted on Instagram that she had contacted her birth father David Darlington, confirming his middle name is Manly.
She turned Instagram comments off after the indictment, later reactivated them, stating confidence Busfield will be exonerated despite her adoptive father’s suicide when she was eleven.