Melissa Gilbert Speaks Out on Husband Timothy Busfield's Arrest, Calls Experience 'Traumatizing'

Melissa Gilbert is speaking out about allegations against husband Timothy Busfield.

The 61-year-old Little House on the Prairie actress spoke out on Good Morning America in an interview with George Stephanopoulos about the allegations of child sex abuse against her 68-year-old husband, for which he was arrested back in January and indicted in February.

In a clip from the conversation, airing in full on Monday (April 6), Melissa called this “the most traumatizing experience of our lives.”

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“Our life as we knew it is done. We are grieving what we had. All of our plans, all of our dreams, all of our ideas, all of our projects,” she said in the exclusive clip, first shared on People.

“For Tim, it is done. He is canceled. And this will never go away. Even if he is exonerated, he will always be that guy.”

“He is the last person in the world who would hurt a child. And believe me, if I thought for a second that Tim Busfield hurt a child, he would have a lot more to worry about than prison,” she added.

Timothy is facing four felony charges of criminal sexual contact with minors. He pled not guilty to all counts.

Her rep, along with lawyer Larry Stein, issued a statement for the appearance, saying they “decided it was time to sit down to clarify the facts of the case, which seem to have become lost to distraction, selective information and click bait.”

Melissa returned to social media in February with a statement, saying: “It was time I needed — time to be present, to tend to what matters most and to gather my strength in a season that has not been easy.” Find out what else she said.