What did Melissa Gilbert say about "playing the victim"? Actress' old post gains new attention amid Timothy Busfield's arrest warrant

Melissa Gilbert called out "people playing victim" on Instagram just days before her husband, Timothy Busfield, faced an arrest warrant for alleged child sex abuse.

The actress's Jan. 5 post resurfaced, where she wrote the cryptic message:

"You seem to have a mistaken discomfort for injustice."

She included the hashtags #fragility, #youknowwhyouare, and #thatsrightimlookingatyou in her now-deleted IG post, and made follow-up comments in the comments section with more arcane statements.

"Basically this comment about playing the victim and blaming others. It's about not taking accountability for your own situation. It's about being a big whiny baby."

The Thicker Than Water star added:

"I saw this quote and it struck me. I have a particularly hard time with people who play the victim. Own your s**t. Step up. It's all pretty general. Has nothing to do with politics but everything to do with privilege, attitude and weakness."

Timothy Busfield's wife, however, didn't provide specifics about who she was referring to in her post. As of writing, her Instagram page has been deleted.

What we know about Timothy Busfield's arrest warrant for child sex abuse charges

The social media post garnered renewed attention, prior to its deletion, amid Timothy Busfield's arrest warrant from the Albuquerque Police Department on charges of sexual abuse involving minors.

According to court filings, Melissa Gilbert's husband faces two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and an open count of child abuse. Per the legal documents, the sexual contact involves children under 13.

The documents reveal that in November 2024, an officer named Marvin Kirk Brown was dispatched after a call from a University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) doctor, alerting them about the alleged child sexual abuse.

Officer Brown, per the docs, spoke with the parents of the children, who were cast in The Cleaning Lady series, which Timothy Busfield directed, reporting that the Emmy winner "grew closer to the boys."

Further, the UNMH doctor also alleged that the children appeared to have been groomed.

In the arrest issued by the Albuquerque authorities on Jan. 9, the officers allege that Timothy Busfield engaged in sexual conduct with two 11-year-old boys, one of whom claimed that the wrongdoing began when he was 7 years old.

Amid Busfield's current charges, Officer Brown also states in the warrant his past legal troubles.

"I discovered that Timothy Busfield has faced accusations of sexual assault, with two seperate [sic] incidents reported in the media, one in the 1990s and another around 2012."

He continued:

"First allegation occurred in 1994. A seventeen-year-old extra on Little Big League sued in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming Busfield assaulted her, served her alcohol, groped her, atempted [sic] sex in a trailer."

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The officer went on, discussing a 2012 incident wherein a 28-year-old woman accused Busfield of battery inside a movie theater in Los Angeles. According to the record, the director allegedly "slipped hands under clothes" and "touched genitals for four minutes."

However, no lawsuit was filed, and the director claimed it was "consensual."

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