{"id":2472699,"date":"2026-06-23T21:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2472699"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:10:02","slug":"timothy-busfields-wife-melissa-gilbert-moves-out-of-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/timothy-busfields-wife-melissa-gilbert-moves-out-of-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Busfield\u2019s Wife Melissa Gilbert Moves Out of Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/melissa-gilbert\/\"><strong>Melissa Gilbert<\/strong><\/a><\/span> is saying goodbye to eight years of memories in her New York City apartment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSo long perfect little one bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side. The last eight years here have been so special,\u201d Gilbert, 62, wrote via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ7j2YGEURD\/?img_index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Instagram<\/span><\/a> on Tuesday, June 22. \u201cA lot of amazing work was done in and around this city. So many theaters and soundstages. So many wonderful dinners with friends and nights out on the town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While Gilbert didn\u2019t provide a specific reason for the move, she expressed hopes of a return in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI promise we will be back, it\u2019s just that right now\u2026..well\u2026.you know,\u201d she wrote. \u201cExcited to live in our wonderful home upstate full time for a good long while. #nyc #goodbye #alwaysanasventure #happytrails #alwaysintherightplaceattherighttime.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/melissa-gilbert-addresses-husband-timothy-busfields-sex-abuse-scandal\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/melissa-gilbert-addresses-husband-timothy-busfields-sex-abuse-scandal\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Melissa Gilbert \u2018Stands With\u2019 Timothy Busfield After He Surrenders to Cops<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMelissa Gilbert is standing by husband Timothy Busfield after he surrendered to cops following allegations of child sexual abuse. \u201cDuring this period, her focus is on supporting and caring for their very large family, as they navigate this moment,\u201d Gilbert\u2019s rep told Us Weekly in a statement on Tuesday, January 13. \u201cMelissa stands with and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <i>Little House on the Prairie<\/i> actress\u2019 post comes as her husband, <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/timothy-busfield\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Timothy Busfield<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, continues to fight allegations in a child sex abuse case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Busfield, 69, was first indicted on child sex abuse charges by a grand jury in New Mexico on February 6. The actor was specifically indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, the Bernalillo County District Attorney\u2019s office said in a press release obtained by <i>Us Weekly <\/i>at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Busfield \u2014 who has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/timothy-busfield-pleads-not-guilty-to-child-sex-abuse-after-indictment\/\"><span class=\"s1\">pleaded not guilty<\/span><\/a> to the charges \u2014 recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/timothy-busfield-asks-judge-to-dismiss-grand-jury-indictment\/\"><span class=\"s1\">filed a motion<\/span><\/a> to quash the grand jury indictment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTimothy Busfield is innocent. This motion describes egregious prosecutorial misconduct during grand jury proceedings, thereby preventing the jurors from hearing testimony, witnesses and evidence even after repeated requests by the grand jury itself,\u201d Busfield\u2019s civil attorney <strong>Stanton \u201cLarry\u201d Stein<\/strong> claimed in a statement to <i>Us<\/i> earlier this month. \u201cThe government repressed and\u00a0 suppressed exculpatory evidence, misstated the law and failed in the most basic due process afforded any person under either Constitutional or State laws designed to protect actual innocence from abuse of government power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Gilbert has stood by her husband and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/melissa-gilbert-defends-timothy-busfield-after-arrest\/\"><span class=\"s1\">called his arrest<\/span><\/a> \u201cthe most traumatizing experience of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div 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Arrest<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMelissa Gilbert reiterated her support for husband Timothy Busfield in a new TV interview nearly three months after his arrest. The Little House on the Prairie alum, 61, sat down with George Stephanopoulos for a conversation that aired during the Monday, April 6, episode of Good Morning America. When asked about prior allegations against her [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOur life as we knew it is done,\u201d she said on <i>Good Morning America<\/i> in April. \u201cWe are grieving what we had \u2014 all of our plans, all of our dreams, all of our ideas, all of our projects. For Tim, it\u2019s done. He\u2019s canceled. Even if he\u2019s exonerated, he will always be that guy. [He\u2019s] the last person in the world who would hurt a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In her latest social media post, Gilbert shared the things she will miss most about her neighborhood as she says goodbye to a property she fell in love with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ll miss the walking and our neighborhood, the subway rides, the amazing people I\u2019ve met there and on the streets. This city truly has a pulse,\u201d she explained after packing up U-Haul boxes. \u201cYou can feel it in your heart. Goodbye favorite newsstand, bodega, dance studio and laundry. Goodbye shoe repair, dry cleaners, nail salon. Goodbye sweet neighbors whom we love so much. And a very fond \u2018farewell and see you soon\u2019 to our favorite city in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Gilbert is saying goodbye to eight years of memories in her New York City apartment. \u201cSo long perfect little one bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side. 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