Timothy Busfield Noam Galai/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 will be back in court next week for a hearing on whether he'll be allowed to leave jail while a sex abuse case against him moves through the courts. Sam Bregman, the DA for Bernalillo County, New Mexico, said at a press conference Thursday that Busfield will have a pretrial detention hearing on Jan. 20. Bregman's office has filed a motion that the actor and director remain in custody before going to trial, arguing that Busfield has shown a "calculated pattern" of "predatory conduct" in the past. The motion also contains a new allegation that in the early 2000s, Busfield groped a then 16-year-old girl auditioning for a role at the B Street Theatre, a theater company he co-founded in Sacramento, California (he is no longer involved in the company). Related Stories Business Timothy Busfield's Talent Agency Drops Him Amid Child Sex Abuse Allegations TV New Sexual Abuse Allegation Against Timothy Busfield Disclosed in Prosecution Filing Busfield has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor under age 13 and one count of child abuse in New Mexico. An arrest warrant issued Jan. 9 alleges that Busfield had inappropriate sexual contact with two boys on the set of The Cleaning Lady, a former Fox series (produced by Warner Bros. TV) on which Busfield directed several episodes. Busfield turned himself in to police earlier this week but has maintained his innocence. Larry Stein, a lawyer for Busfield, said his client took and passed an independent polygraph examination related to the allegations. In his press conference, Bregman said he would not go into detail about the allegations in the case, preferring to save his and his prosecutors' arguments for the courtroom. He did, however, lay out a timeline of the next steps in the case, beginning the with pretrial detention hearing on Jan. 20. Following that hearing, the DA's office will bring formal charges against Busfield, and he'll be arraigned and have a chance to enter a plea. Assuming it goes to trial, the case will probably play out over a span of 12 to 18 months, Bregman said. Bregman declined to directly answer a question about whether more possible victims might come to light, but he did say the case is "still very much under investigation." THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Teyana Taylor Walks Back Claim That Leonardo DiCaprio Was Speaking to Her in Viral Golden Globes Clip: "I Had to Call Leo" Live Feed Anne Hathaway to Star in True-Crime Drama 'Fear Not' at Paramount+ Mad Men Kiernan Shipka Came of Age as Sally Draper. Now She's Grown Up Enough for 'Industry' Rambling Reporter Why Real Palm Beachers Are Up in Arms Over Netflix's 'Members Only' Live Feed Starz Grabs U.S. Rights to 'Amadeus' Limited Series With Will Sharpe, Paul Bettany Live Feed Amazon Dates Docuseries on Rise and Fall of the ABA Executive Produced by Dr. J (Exclusive) Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Teyana Taylor Walks Back Claim That Leonardo DiCaprio Was Speaking to Her in Viral Golden Globes Clip: "I Had to Call Leo" Live Feed Anne Hathaway to Star in True-Crime Drama 'Fear Not' at Paramount+ Mad Men Kiernan Shipka Came of Age as Sally Draper. Now She's Grown Up Enough for 'Industry' Rambling Reporter Why Real Palm Beachers Are Up in Arms Over Netflix's 'Members Only' Live Feed Starz Grabs U.S. Rights to 'Amadeus' Limited Series With Will Sharpe, Paul Bettany Live Feed Amazon Dates Docuseries on Rise and Fall of the ABA Executive Produced by Dr. J (Exclusive)