Dexter star David Zayas is replacing Timothy Busfield in an upcoming Law & Order: Special Victims Unit guest role. NBC pulled the episode from its schedule last month following Busfield's arrest on child sexual abuse charges in New Mexico. Busfield an Emmy-winner known for TV and film roles like Thirtysomething, First Kid, and The West Wing was released from jail but is awaiting trial. Zayas was recast in the part and re-shot Busfield's scenes.
After Melissa Gilbert's husband Timothy Busfield learned Friday night that there was a warrant out for his arrest in New Mexico, on allegations that he groomed and molested two young boys on a TV set, the veteran actor said he jumped in a car the next morning and began driving to Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2,000 miles away. It's not clear whether Busfield, or his attorney, contacted Albuquerque police to let them know he was in transit and planned to turn himself in.