Melissa Gilbert Breaks Silence On Husband Timothy Busfield’s Child Sex Abuse Charges

"I’m sending you all my love and gratitude during this extraordinarily difficult time. Not only for Tim, me and our family, but in the collective heaviness so many of us seem to be carrying right now," she said on Instagram.

Melissa Gilbert has made her first public comments after her husband, Timothy Busfield, was arrested on child sex abuse charges earlier this month.

The “Little House on the Prairie” star deactivated her personal social media page after New Mexico officials issued an arrest warrant for Busfield in connection with a criminal complaint that alleged he touched a child inappropriately while working on the set of “The Cleaning Lady.” Busfield has denied the allegations.

But on Monday, Gilbert went public again, this time on the Instagram page for her lifestyle brand Modern Prairie.

The actor and former SAG-AFTRA president posted her message alongside a photo of her looking wistful while holding a coffee mug.

“I’m sending you all my love and gratitude during this extraordinarily difficult time. Not only for Tim, me and our family, but in the collective heaviness so many of us seem to be carrying right now,” she said. “Add an unexpected storm to the mix, and it can all feel like a bit too much.”