A New Mexico judge has dismissed an indictment against actor and director Timothy Busfield on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. The ruling came Friday, with the judge citing that prosecutors failed to act in a fair and impartial manner during the grand jury proceedings.

Busfield, known for his role in "The West Wing," was indicted in February by a grand jury in New Mexico. His attorneys had requested the dismissal in June, arguing that the prosecutor handling the case before the grand jury mistreated state law, abandoned neutrality, and ignored the grand jury's requests for additional testimony.

Judge Joseph Montano granted Busfield's motion, stating the prosecutor's actions effectively withheld witnesses requested by the grand jurors. The judge noted that the state is still permitted to pursue new criminal proceedings against the actor.

The Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office is currently evaluating its options regarding the dismissal. Nancy Laflin, the communications director for the office, confirmed they are assessing how to proceed.

Busfield had turned himself in to authorities in January following the issuance of an arrest warrant. The initial criminal complaint alleged two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. The indictment later expanded to four counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor.

Busfield is accused of inappropriately touching a child actor on the set of his show "The Cleaning Lady." He has consistently denied all allegations. According to the criminal complaint, the child's parents reported the alleged abuse began in 2022, when the child was seven years old.

The investigation was initiated in November 2024 after a physician at University of New Mexico Hospital examined the child and alerted police to suspected sexual abuse. An officer interviewed the children's parents, who stated that the minor and his twin brother were child actors. The children did not report the abuse at the time.

The child's mother later reported to child protective services that Busfield had allegedly sexually abused her son between November 2022 and spring 2024. Warner Bros., the producer of "The Cleaning Lady," had conducted an independent investigation into the allegations but found no supporting evidence at the time, according to the criminal complaint.