Timothy Busfield Removed from Amazon's 'You Deserve Each Other' Due to Allegations

Timothy Busfield will be edited out of the upcoming Amazon MGM film “You Deserve Each Other” after he was accused of groping a 7-year-old boy on the set of “The Cleaning Lady,” Variety had learned. This is the second project involving Busfield to be affected in the wake of his sexual abuse allegations. On Jan. 12, NBC pulled an episode of “Law & Order: SVU” that guest-starred Busfield from its schedule. The episode was set to debut on Jan. 22. On Jan. 9, an arrest warrant was issued against Busfield on two counts of sexual abuse involving a minor. The investigation stems from twin boys who appeared on the TV series “The Cleaning Lady” in 2022. Busfield was the director at the time. On Jan. 13, Busfield turned himself in at the Metro Detention Center in Albuquerque. He will remain there until his court hearing on Tuesday. He faces three charges — two counts of criminal sexual contact with a child, which carry a maximum sentence of six years each, and one count of child abuse, which carries a maximum of three years. Busfield was top billed in “You Deserve Each Other” on IMDb, which could suggest a significant contribution to the picture. Other cast members include Penn Badgley, Meghann Fahy, Justin Long, Kyle MacLachlan, Natalie Morales, Ana Gasteyer, Hope Davis, Delaney Rowe and Lisa Gilroy. The film is directed by Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn and is based on Sarah Hogle’s novel of the same name. According to the official logline, the film follows “Naomi (Fahy) and Nick (Badgley) who are about to get married and live happily ever after –– the only problem being they’ve fallen completely out of love. With the wedding rapidly approaching and its pressure mounting, they both resolve to secretly push the other into calling off the wedding, only to fall back in love along the way.”