New Mexico prosecutors press for pretrial detention in Busfield case over alleged sexual misconduct

Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield appeared in a Bernalillo County court as prosecutors seek pretrial detention on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse related to alleged misconduct on the set of The Cleaning Lady in Albuquerque; prosecutors describe a two-decade pattern of boundary violations and grooming, while Busfield denies the charges and his camp notes he passed an independent polygraph; a detention hearing had not yet been scheduled.