Timothy Busfield calls witnesses to fraud in child sex abuse case

Timothy Busfield returns in his child abuse case, slamming prosecution witnesses for being unreliable with documented histories of fraud and financial exploitation, according to new court documents obtained by TMZ.

Busfield on Friday evening filed his opposition to the prosecutor’s request to keep him behind bars during the preliminary phase of his criminal case in New Mexico. As you know, prosecutors have charged him with child abuse and criminal sexual contact with a minor.

In his filing, Busfield blasted prosecutors for asking the judge to jail him “on a story that has already collapsed under independent investigation.”

Busfield says prosecutors have not presented reliable evidence that he sexually assaulted two brothers, ages 7 and 8, in 2022, who were actors in “The Cleaning Lady,” which he directed and produced.

That’s what the former ‘West Wing’ star says the case against him relies almost exclusively on the accounts of the children’s parents, Angele LaSalle And Ronald Rodiswhose sons were replaced in ‘The Cleaning Lady’ in 2024.

Busfield notes that the parents only came forward with the allegations after the twins’ “loss of role” — and only after consultation with civil attorney — creating an obvious situation. financial and retaliatory motive.”

The director also claims that Ronald is a former lawyer who was convicted of federal conspiracy and wire fraud and therefore disbarred. Busfield says Ronald was prosecuted for a “million-dollar scheme” in which he allegedly defrauded more than 1,500 homeowners out of approximately $6 million.

Busfield says Angele is no angel either, explaining that she has had “multiple civil judgments filed against her for fraudulent and dishonest conduct.”