{"id":6616,"date":"2026-06-24T05:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/melissa-gilbert-leaves-nyc-apartment-amid-husband-timothy-busfield-child-sex-abuse-case\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:39:18","slug":"melissa-gilbert-leaves-nyc-apartment-amid-husband-timothy-busfield-child-sex-abuse-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/melissa-gilbert-leaves-nyc-apartment-amid-husband-timothy-busfield-child-sex-abuse-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Gilbert leaves NYC apartment amid husband Timothy Busfield child sex abuse case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fnewspress-collage-7rkgjm3ed-1782278507059.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261782264190\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Melissa Gilbert is leaving behind her longtime New York City apartment while her husband, actor Timothy Busfield, awaits trial on child sex abuse charges.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLittle House on the Prairie\u201d star revealed Tuesday that she is moving out of the Upper West Side apartment she has called home for the past eight years and relocating full-time to their upstate New York property, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/14\/us-news\/heavily-armed-us-marshalls-raid-timothy-busfield-upstate-new-york-home-after-child-sex-abuse-arrest\/\">raided by federal agents earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo long perfect little one bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side. The last eight years here have been so special,\u201d Gilbert, 62, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ7j2YGEURD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Melissa Gilbert said on Instagram that she is leaving her NYC apartment amid Timothy Busfield\u2019s child sex abuse case. <span class=\"credit\">melissagilbertofficial, \/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA lot of amazing work was done in and around this city. So many theaters and soundstages. So many wonderful dinners with friends and nights out on the town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress also reflected on what she\u2019ll miss most about life on the Upper West Side as she prepares to leave the Manhattan neighborhood behind.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll miss the walking and our neighborhood, the subway rides, the amazing people I\u2019ve met there and on the streets. This city truly has a pulse,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can feel it in your heart. Goodbye favorite newsstand, bodega, dance studio and laundry. Goodbye shoe repair, dry cleaners, nail salon. Goodbye sweet neighbors whom we love so much. And a very fond \u2018farewell and see you soon\u2019 to our favorite city in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert\u2019s move comes months after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/13\/entertainment\/missing-actor-timothy-busfield-admitted-it-is-highly-likely-he-touched-kids-on-set\/\">Busfield\u2019s January arrest in New Mexico on child abuse and criminal sexual contact charges<\/a> stemming from allegations that he inappropriately touched 7-year-old twin boys while working on Fox\u2019s \u201cThe Cleaning Lady\u201d in 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Busfield is facing child sex abuse charges after allegations involving two child actors on \u201cThe Cleaning Lady.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 69-year-old, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/13\/us-news\/timothy-busfield-surrenders-to-cops-denies-child-sex-abuse-allegations-all-lies\/\">denied the allegations<\/a>, was formally charged Feb. 6 with four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child under 13.<\/p>\n<p>Busfield pleaded not guilty on Feb. 21 after waiving his arraignment and appearances at pretrial proceedings. His trial is scheduled to begin in May 2027.<\/p>\n<p>While Gilbert did not explain the reason for the move, she suggested the change comes at a difficult time for her family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI promise we will be back, it\u2019s just that right now\u2026..well\u2026.you know,\u201d she wrote. \u201cExcited to live in our wonderful home upstate full time for a good long while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heavily armed federal agents raided the couple\u2019s Highland Lake, NY, home shortly after Busfield turned himself in to authorities in Albuquerque in January.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the New York Regional Fugitive Task Force used a battering ram to enter the property before searching the residence and surrounding buildings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield \u2014 pictured here in 2012 \u2014 have remained together as he fights the allegations. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gilbert has publicly supported her husband throughout the case.<\/p>\n<p>The actress <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/14\/celebrity-news\/melissa-gilbert-returns-to-social-media-as-husband-timothy-busfield-faces-child-sex-abuse-allegations\/\">returned to social media in May<\/a> after largely stepping away from public posting following Busfield\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>She also revealed during a recent \u201cGood Morning America\u201d interview that <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/06\/celebrity-news\/melissa-gilbert-knew-about-timothy-busfields-past-sexual-assault-allegations-pre-marriage\/\">she was aware of previous sexual assault allegations against Busfield<\/a> before they married in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m neither naive nor am I complicit,\u201d Gilbert told George Stephanopoulos. \u201cI talked to him about it. I asked him questions about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard his side of the story \u2014 which nobody has ever heard \u2014 which is the truth,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when the time is right, and that is not now, Tim will tell the truth of all of these past allegations when he needs to.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/24\/celebrity-news\/melissa-gilbert-leaves-nyc-apartment-amid-husband-timothy-busfield-child-sex-abuse-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Gilbert is leaving behind her longtime New York City apartment while her husband, actor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/newspress-collage-7rkgjm3ed-1782278507059.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}