The West Wing actor is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty to four counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor, and in his testimony to a grand jury in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in February he admitted he doubted he would ever work again because of the allegations.
"My career's done. I'm, I'm canceled. I'll never, I don't, I'll never work again just based on people's fear that I would do this again and, and even if it wasn't true, I'm done. I've lost TV shows, a movie they've digitally replaced me from. My agency fired me. I'm done. This is not about me or a pity thing," Busfield said in the testimony, which was obtained through a public records request by USA Today.
The charges relate to alleged incidents that occurred between late 2022 and early 2024 when he was working as a director and producer on The Cleaning Lady.
Busfield has said the claims were made up by the parents of twin boys in revenge for them being dropped from the show.
He expressed his hope that the allegations against him would not also ruin the life and career of his wife, Little House on the Prairie actor Melissa Gilbert.
He said: "My children, grandchildren, everybody in my life is done because of these false allegations for money and for revenge. These two criminals (the boys' parents) have ruined me. And my wife and her business, I'm not going to break that."
The 69-year-old actor's testimony spanned more than two hours, during which he repeatedly apologised for going off topic because he was nervous and acknowledged "this is all very real and the stakes are very high".
In June, Busfield's lawyers sought to have the grand jury indictment against him dismissed, citing "prosecutorial misconduct".
The lawyer previously admitted the "indictment was not unexpected", but insisted the case was "fundamentally unsound".
The Field of Dreams star has denied all the charges, saying in a video obtained by TMZ: "I did not do anything. They're all lies and I did not do anything to those little boys and I'm gonna fight it. I'm gonna fight it with a great team, and I'm gonna be exonerated, I know I am, because this is all so wrong and all lies."
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