Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield accused of child sex abuse

Actor and director Timothy Busfield is accused of sexually abusing two child actors on the set of the Fox crime drama “The Cleaning Lady,” where he served as an executive producer and directed multiple episodes.

Busfield — best known for his roles in “The West Wing” and “Thirtysomething,” for which he won a 1991 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series — faces two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse, authorities in Albuquerque, N.M., said Friday.