No Life After
Melissa Gilbert says the thing
Whatever good life Timothy Busfield had in the entertainment business is over.
His wife Melissa Gilbert put it starkly:
”This has been the most traumatizing experience of our lives. 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. For Tim, it’s done. He’s canceled. Even if he’s exonerated, he will always be that guy. The last person in the world who would hurt a child.”
He’s going to have a trial. Assuming he’s found not guilty, he will still face a future with no map. I imagine, like me, he’s not only shocked by the accusations, the arrest, and the ugly public humiliation, but he has nothing to do. Many of his business associates have abandoned him, and probably some friends. His financial situation is going to get worse, and prospects for finding work are nil — certainly anything with a profile. I would be surprised if he hasn’t experienced night terrors, images of being in prison for the rest of his life, and a fear of going anywhere.
Who is he when everything he’s done is blemished and broken?
Ruined, and he’s not had a trial yet.
Take it from me, he’s in a hell few people will ever experience.
