{"id":2356496,"date":"2026-04-03T05:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2356496"},"modified":"2026-04-03T05:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:05:20","slug":"melissa-gilbert-calls-husbands-child-sex-abuse-case-traumatizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/melissa-gilbert-calls-husbands-child-sex-abuse-case-traumatizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Gilbert Calls Husband&#8217;s Child Sex Abuse Case &#8216;Traumatizing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the teaser clip below, Gilbert says she and her husband are now \u201cgrieving what we had. All of our plans, all of our dreams, all of our ideas, all of our projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She added that things may be easier for her, but \u201cfor Tim, it\u2019s done. He\u2019s canceled, and this will never \u2014 even if he\u2019s exonerated, he will always be that guy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Busfield has pleaded not guilty and is expected to appear in court in May 2027, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/timothy-busfield-trial-date-set-for-2027-11901365\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"People\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69cea301e4b0d214cc706755\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/people.com\/timothy-busfield-trial-date-set-for-2027-11901365\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"8\">People<\/a>. The actor, who is best known for his roles on the \u201cWest Wing\u201d and \u201cThirtysomething,\u201d is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cz0pnxl9pvzo\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"currently out of jail\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69cea301e4b0d214cc706755\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cz0pnxl9pvzo\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"9\">currently out of jail<\/a> on his own recognizance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gilbert maintained his innocence in her \u201cGMA\u201d interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2033[He\u2019s] the last person in the world who would hurt a child,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd believe me, if I thought for a second that Tim Busfield hurt a child, he\u2019d have a lot more to worry about than prison.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the teaser clip below, Gilbert says she and her husband are now \u201cgrieving what we had. All of our plans, all of our dreams, all of our ideas, all of our projects.\u201d She added that things may be easier for her, but \u201cfor Tim, it\u2019s done. He\u2019s canceled, and this will never \u2014 even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2356497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[406073,330671,330120,359445],"class_list":["post-2356496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-child-sexual-abuse","tag-little-house-on-the-prairie","tag-melissa-gilbert","tag-timothy-busfield"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Melissa-Gilbert-Calls-Husbands-Child-Sex-Abuse-Case-Traumatizing.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2356498,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356496\/revisions\/2356498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}