Bernalillo County District Court Judge David A. Murphy on Tuesday rejected New Mexico prosecutors’ bid to keep Busfield detained, finding that the actor doesn’t pose an ongoing danger to the community. “Given the lack of a pattern involving children in this case,” the judge said that the risk of Busfield committing more crimes “can be remedied through different conditions of release.”
Under the order, Busfield may not contact the alleged victims or their families, discuss the case with witnesses or have any unsupervised contact with minors.
The ruling came after Busfield last week turned himself in to authorities to face two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. He appeared at the hearing in shackles and wearing an orange jumpsuit.
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