Busfield's lawyers laid out the parents' "extraordinarily checkered" pasts, including alleged fraud schemes and more, in a new filing obtained by PEOPLE

Actor Timothy Busfield talks masturbation, pornography and his sex life with Melissa Gilbert in a court filing for his child sex abuse case.

As previously mentioned, Timothy Busfield has been accused of sexually abusing two minor boys. Stein even claimed that the allegations stemmed from a place of revenge after the boys were terminated from the series, which further angered their mother. The civil lawyer then said,

Hollywood veteran Timothy Busfield faces multiple child sex abuse allegations, remanded Wednesday without bail as past controversies resurface.

Melissa Gilbert’s son, Michael Boxleitner, whom she shares with ex-husband Bruce Boxleitner, wrote a character letter in support of stepdad Timothy Busfield as he faces child sex abuse charges. The actress' youngest son called Busfield his 'hero' and said he 'has shown up for me as a father more in the 15 years l've known him than my own biological father ever has in the entirety of my life.

With strong support from thirtysomething castmates & more, Timothy Busfield is fighting the charges against him.

Another allegation against Busfield was reported to law enforcement the same day he turned himself in, according to a court filing.

Actor's legal team also writes that he passed a polygraph and that parents of The Cleaning Lady child actors have history of fraud