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\n Related: <\/span>Melissa Gilbert and Husband Timothy Busfield\u2018s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tMelissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield have been married since 2013 after enjoying their respective, longstanding careers in Hollywood. \u201cOur business in Los Angeles is very difficult because it\u2019s everywhere in that city [and] everybody\u2019s involved in it in some way,\u201d Gilbert, best known for starring as Laura Ingalls on The Little House on the Prairie, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Little House on the Prairie <\/i>alum continued, \u201cI have a particularly hard time with people who play the victim. Own your s***. Step up. It\u2019s all pretty general. Has nothing to do with politics but everything to do with privilege, attitude and weakness.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Gilbert did not concretely reveal the inspiration for her upload, she noted it was \u201cdefinitely not\u201d about Venezuela. (The United States military captured Venezuelan president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/strong> and his wife earlier this month, indicting the dictator on narco-terrorism charges. Maduro pleaded not guilty to all counts.)<\/p>\nNews broke four days later that Busfield, 68, was named in an arrest warrant<\/a> after being accused of child sexual abuse by two minors he worked with on the set of The Cleaning Lady<\/i>. The West Wing <\/i>actor was not immediately arrested and claimed in an investigation interview cited in the arrest warrant that it was \u201chighly unlikely\u201d he had physical contact with the accusers.<\/p>\n\u201cI did ask Timothy what the protocol was for touching children and picking them up and touching them? I also asked if that was allowed?\u201d a police officer wrote in the warrant obtained by Us Weekly. <\/i>\u201cTimothy initially said, \u2018It\u2019s not allowed at all. There is no, there\u2019s no protocol<\/a>. I mean, I\u2019m always around people, right?\u201d<\/p>\nBusfield reportedly added that he doesn\u2019t \u201cremember\u201d ever tickling or picking up the two child actors.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it happened, I don\u2019t remember overtly tickling the boys ever, but it wouldn\u2019t be uncommon for me,\u2019\u201d the officer wrote of the actor\u2019s statement, also claiming Busfield and Gilbert revealed that they had \u201ca relationship\u201d with the alleged victims\u2019 families outside of work and bought them Christmas presents.<\/p>\n
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Gilbert, for her part, has not publicly addressed the accusations, though did condemn the concept of child sexual abuse as \u201cdisgusting\u201d weeks earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this age, at this time, I am actually nauseated,\u201d she wrote in a November 2025 social media post<\/a>, referring to her teen Little House <\/i>character acting opposite a 23-year-old in an onscreen romance. \u201c[I was] was expected to \u2018fall in love with\u2019 and kiss a man on film who was several years older than [I] was. Through the lens of today, this is shocking.\u201d<\/p>\nIf you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing child abuse, call or text Child Help Hotline at 1-800-422-4453.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
News broke four days later that Busfield, 68, was named in an arrest warrant<\/a> after being accused of child sexual abuse by two minors he worked with on the set of The Cleaning Lady<\/i>. The West Wing <\/i>actor was not immediately arrested and claimed in an investigation interview cited in the arrest warrant that it was \u201chighly unlikely\u201d he had physical contact with the accusers.<\/p>\n \u201cI did ask Timothy what the protocol was for touching children and picking them up and touching them? I also asked if that was allowed?\u201d a police officer wrote in the warrant obtained by Us Weekly. <\/i>\u201cTimothy initially said, \u2018It\u2019s not allowed at all. There is no, there\u2019s no protocol<\/a>. I mean, I\u2019m always around people, right?\u201d<\/p>\n Busfield reportedly added that he doesn\u2019t \u201cremember\u201d ever tickling or picking up the two child actors.<\/p>\n \u201cIf it happened, I don\u2019t remember overtly tickling the boys ever, but it wouldn\u2019t be uncommon for me,\u2019\u201d the officer wrote of the actor\u2019s statement, also claiming Busfield and Gilbert revealed that they had \u201ca relationship\u201d with the alleged victims\u2019 families outside of work and bought them Christmas presents.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Gilbert, for her part, has not publicly addressed the accusations, though did condemn the concept of child sexual abuse as \u201cdisgusting\u201d weeks earlier.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this age, at this time, I am actually nauseated,\u201d she wrote in a November 2025 social media post<\/a>, referring to her teen Little House <\/i>character acting opposite a 23-year-old in an onscreen romance. \u201c[I was] was expected to \u2018fall in love with\u2019 and kiss a man on film who was several years older than [I] was. Through the lens of today, this is shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing child abuse, call or text Child Help Hotline at 1-800-422-4453.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n