A child sex abuse indictment filed against actor Timothy Busfield has been dropped after a judge ruled he had been the victim of prosecutorial misconduct.
Busfield, 69, who starred in The West Wing and Thirtysomething, was told on Friday by a judge in Albquerque, New Mexico, that he no longer faces four counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor.
Second Judicial District Court Judge Joseph Montano said prosecutors had withheld witnesses improperly.
New Mexico prosecutors can still file new criminal charges against Busfield, but have yet to indicate whether they plan to do so.
Busfield has repeatedly denied the allegations, describing them as
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