NBC has pulled an upcoming episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit just days before its scheduled airdate amid child sex abuse allegations involving guest star Timothy Busfield.
According to Deadline, the episode titled "Corrosive" was slated to air Thursday, Jan. 15, but has been removed from NBC’s lineup. It will instead be replaced by another episode originally scheduled for the following week.
The scheduling change comes shortly after an arrest warrant was issued in New Mexico alleging Busfield faces two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. The charges stem from alleged misconduct involving child actors on the set of The Cleaning Lady, where Busfield worked as a director and executive producer.
The investigation began in November 2024 after staff at the University of New Mexico Hospital contacted authorities with concerns that two child actors may have been groomed. According to court documents, the alleged incidents occurred between 2022 and 2024. As of this week, court records do not show that he has been arrested. Busfield has not yet released a public statement since the allegations came to light.
NBC has not released a formal statement explaining the decision to pull the episode, but the move closely follows the public disclosure of the arrest warrant and the growing media attention surrounding the case.
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What the Pulled Episode Was About
In "Corrosive," Busfield appears as a judge in a storyline that centers on abuse, trauma, and recovery—core themes of the long-running SVU franchise. The episode reportedly follows investigators as they respond to threats against a respected judge, ultimately uncovering a case tied to an anonymous tip and a survivor confronting past abuse.
Given the nature of the allegations now facing the actor, NBC opted not to air the episode at this time.
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This was not Busfield’s first appearance on Law & Order: SVU. The actor, who is married to Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert, previously guest-starred in the season 13 episode "Russian Brides," portraying Daniel Carter, the fiancé of a woman whose apparent murder initially appears linked to a Russian mail-order bride scheme.
That episode followed detectives as they uncovered an elaborate extortion plot involving the Russian mob, ultimately revealing a long-running con built around staged kidnappings and murder.
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What is Airing Instead
Taking the place of "Corrosive" in the Thursday night lineup is "Fidelis ad Mortem." The episode follows Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Curry (Aimé Donna Kelly) as they investigate a decades-old missing persons case after a disturbing cassette tape is discovered in a thrift store haul, while Griffin (Corey Cott) learns a troubling rumor about his father.
NBC has not indicated whether the pulled episode will air at a later date or be permanently shelved.
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