Daily Mail News
By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 20:01 EST, 10 January 2026 | Updated: 20:38 EST, 10 January 2026
Actor Timothy Busfield was ordered to pay $150,000 to a Minneapolis law firm in 1996 after a judge rejected his claim that the company made up a sexual assault case against him, it has been revealed.
The former West Wing star, 68, was ordered by US District Judge James Ideman to repay law firm Messerli & Kramer’s legal fees as the judge decided the firm did not fabricate its claim.