Timothy Busfield Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Timothy Busfield's role has been edited out of Amazon MGM's upcoming rom-com, You Deserve Each Other, following his child sexual abuse allegations, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. You Deserve Each Other, which stars Meghann Fahy and Penn Badgley, is based on Sarah Hogle's bestselling 2020 novel of the same name. It follows an engaged couple who have fallen out of love and try to sabotage each other into calling off their wedding, only to fall back in love in the process. Busfield was playing Bernie, father to Fahy's character Naomi. A release date for the film has yet to be announced. Related Stories TV Timothy Busfield Bond Hearing Set as DA Lays Out Next Steps in Sex Abuse Case Business Timothy Busfield's Talent Agency Drops Him Amid Child Sex Abuse Allegations On Jan. 9, an arrest warrant was issued for the actor and director for conduct involving children that allegedly happened on the set of Fox's The Cleaning Lady, THR previously confirmed. Busfield later turned himself in to authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse following an investigation of sexual abuse involving two male minors on the drama, which he directed several episodes for as well as played a small part in one episode. While The West Wing alum has claimed his innocence of the allegations, he has since been hit with a second sexual abuse allegation. According to a prosecution filing, Busfield is accused of groping a teenage girl when she was auditioning for a role several years ago at the B Street Theatre in Sacramento, California. Busfield previously faced sexual abuse allegations from a 17-year-old extra working on the 1994 film, Little Big League, which he directed. He settled with that accuser. And in 2012, another woman claimed that he groped her on a date, but charges were never filed against him at the time. Amid Busfield's new accusations, his talent agency, Innovative Artists, has ceased working with him. An episode of Law & Order: SVU in which he guest stars has also been pulled. The actor will be in court next on Jan. 20 for his pretrial detention hearing. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Heat Vision Box Office: '28 Years Later' Falls to 'Avatar 3' With Soft $15M MLK Weekend Opening international Harper Steele Boards Berlin-Premiering Trans Youth Doc 'What Will I Become?' as Executive Producer (Exclusive) International Film Festival Rotterdam 'Why Do I See You in Everything?' Zooms in on Male Tenderness as a Form of Resistance (Exclusive IFFR Trailer) international Filmart: Hong Kong's HAF Unveils First Batch of In-Development Projects UTA UTA Signs British Comedian Simon Brodkin (Exclusive) united kingdom BAFTA to Honor Picturehouse Cinemas Creative Director Clare Binns Heat Vision Box Office: '28 Years Later' Falls to 'Avatar 3' With Soft $15M MLK Weekend Opening international Harper Steele Boards Berlin-Premiering Trans Youth Doc 'What Will I Become?' as Executive Producer (Exclusive) International Film Festival Rotterdam 'Why Do I See You in Everything?' Zooms in on Male Tenderness as a Form of Resistance (Exclusive IFFR Trailer) international Filmart: Hong Kong's HAF Unveils First Batch of In-Development Projects UTA UTA Signs British Comedian Simon Brodkin (Exclusive) united kingdom BAFTA to Honor Picturehouse Cinemas Creative Director Clare Binns
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Minor Timothy Busfield Edited Out of Amazon MGM Rom-Com 'You Deserve Each Other' Amid Child Sex Abuse Allegations
January 19, 2026
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