Dave Mack

After Busfield joins the show as director, the parents discover there have been allegations against Busfield of sexual assault against women and minors.

The mother asks the boys if anyone has ever touched them in a manner that made them feel uncomfortable.

The children reply, you mean like Uncle Tim?

Hearing this, the parents contact a law firm that recommends taking the children to UNMH.

Examining the children, hospital staff advised the parents it appears their children were groomed.

And in reference to a CART exam, an interview of a child by a specialized forensic interviewer as part of a child abuse response team, CART protocol.

In interviews with both boys, neither child discloses any sexual contact, but both say Uncle Tim would tickle them on the stomach and legs, and they didn't like it.

Police begin investigating Busfield in November 2024 when an investigator responds to a call from a doctor at University New Mexico Hospital calling for investigation.

The parents take their boys to the hospital and the mother contacts Child Protective Services, accusing Busfield of abusing the children.

One of the boys tells police Busfield first touched him inappropriately when he was just seven and again when he was eight.

Detectives find the children didn't say anything to anyone on the set, even though they didn't like it because Busfield was the director and the children are afraid of making the director angry or getting in trouble.

The investigation reveals, even though Busfield should not have been alone with the children, measures preventing such one-on-one contact were ignored.

And there were times...

when Busfield could have been alone with the children, in particular SL on the set.

Interviews with personnel on the show reveal how the children changed after Busfield joined the show.

The boys were equally happy to be in front of the cameras, but after Busfield joined the show, SL became withdrawn, did not want to be on set, and VL ended up being used more than SL.

The investigation determines Busfield did not have the opportunity to be alone with the boys, particularly SL.

Years ago, Sacramento, California, Busfield accused of abuse against a 16-year-old auditioning for Busfield at Sacramento's B Street Theater.

The teen reports Busfield kissed her, put his hands down her pants, and touched her privates.

Busfield begged the family not to report to law enforcement if he received therapy, and the father, who was a therapist himself, thought at the time that this was the best thing to do.