Timothy Busfield, probably best known for telling Kevin Costner to sell his farm in Field Of Dreams, has been accused of sexual battery, though the specifics of the incident are far from clear cut. The Revenge Of The Nerds star took an unidentified woman out on a date Wednesday night. The two wound up at a movie theater where they talked, flirted and began kissing. At some point during the makeout session, Busfield supposedly touched the woman’s boobs and genital area. She stormed out and decided to file a police report the next day.
According to TMZ, the actor hasn’t been arrested, but authorities have begun an investigation and will interview him in the near future. Given that he hasn’t addressed the situation in the press, it’s unclear what he might say, or whether a crime was even committed for that matter.
From an outside perspective, it seems like there are two different things that could have happened here. The first involves the woman telling Busfield to keep it above the shoulders and the actor repeatedly refusing until his date stormed out. The second involves Busfield misreading how well the date was going, swinging for the fences and then seeing the woman exit quickly. The first is a reason to charge someone with sexual battery. The second seems more like a reason to delete someone’s number from your phonebook.
We’ll keep you updated if the specifics of the situation ever come out or if Busfield gets charged in a court of law.
