Melissa Gilbert Admits Being Well Aware Of Husband's Assault Allegations Before They Married

There are so many fish in the sea. Why on earth would you choose anyone who has even a whiff of this around them?

what the f*** half-pint?

“I am neither naive nor am I complicit, I talked to him about it. I asked him questions about it. I heard his side of the story, which no one has ever heard, which is the truth." Jesus f****** christ lady...

Good lord. I was initially willing to give her the benefit of the doubt when I first heard about this whole thing, but after what she just admitted to knowing about him and still marrying him, I have absolutely NO respect for her. And I adored her in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. She has truly fallen from the pedestal she once held.

Okay, so you knew about the 1994 and 2012 allegations and still married him. That was an insane thing to do, but let's table that for now. Since this January he's caught sexual abuse charges, four allegations of sexual assault, and one sexual harassment allegation. With all that out there you're still willing to hop on Good Morning America and tell the world he's a lovely, kind man who you'd love to have around your children and grandchildren? I get that you're married or whatever but if I were you I would be seriously reevaluating whatever he told you about '94 and 2012 and how well you actually know this guy. That is of course assuming she actually cares about this and has been acting in good faith, which isn't likely. Of all the ships to go down with, defending Danny Concannon from allegations of sex crimes against minors isn't the one I'd pick, but you do you queen. Maybe she's just in denial, maybe she's consciously enabling (probably the latter imo), but the end result is about the same.

Melissa Gilbert is such a hypocrite…

She should have tried being single for a minute. She divorced and married someone new within months of getting together with her second and third marriages.

Gross and disappointing.

I’m guessing she won’t be invited to do press for the upcoming Little House series lol

"When the time is right, and that is not now, Tim will tell the truth." I think after being arrested is the right time to tell the truth.

This is insanity and how so many men get away with this bullshit. You are a predator too for enabling him! All while pretending to give a damn about anyone but him and yourself!

I was like wait Bruce boxlitner did what? Not tron!! I guess they divorced in 2011. What a downgrade for her here.

Four counts this time and at least two previous allegations!? Honey, no. The vast majority of people never have one allegation let alone this many. Let this woman go down with his ship if she keeps defending this.

This makes me lose all respect for her, and I loved Little House on the Prairie. Melissa is an enabler and a pick me, who cared more about deluding herself to stay married, than she did about the safety of her children and the children of others

Behind every powerful man with credible abuse allegations, there’s at least one woman saying “No one is listening to his side!!”

Does she realize how f****** pathetic she sounds? She's definitely complicit.

Good grief, this is so sad. Better to be alone than marry someone who does this.

You’re well aware of his multiple sexual assaults, and STILL thought he was the best person for you out if the entire world? What the f*** man?

I don’t understand how/why she can state this. She was so vocal about supporting child actors and how she was uncomfortable kissing an adult actor on little house. Accusations like this would make me bail because there are just so many of them to ignore.

Oh she should not have done this interview. Like truth on the topic aside, this is HORRIFIC PR for both of them. Who thought this was a good idea?!?

Oh no just awful 🤮

The ultimate pick me girl

Women like her are sexual abuse enablers. She gives him a wholesome married life facade to hide behind.

The fact that she did a whole ass interview on how this “tore her family apart” is insane. There’s no way she didn’t know. They’re both gross.

Her lawyer was laughing and saying a five year old boy wouldn’t deny being molested out of what could happen…… Um that’s why most young children don’t say something…….. She clearly didn’t care and her adult children are being told to tell the media “he was a better father than my own ever was…..”

Bruce Boxleitner lucked out. Yikes.

That doesn't make it better.

Is there anyone left in Hollywood that will sides with the victims? Jesus f****** Christ. I’m just like truly disgusted and I was a huge fan of Little House on the Prairie.

I’ll never look at her the same again. Women who support their child molesting husbands are truly disgusting. Put her in jail too.

I hope her business bottoms out.

What is she going to say when he cuts a deal and pleads guilty.

This was an ill-advised interview full of statements by both her and the attorney that made things look worse. They sounded like classic enablers.

Anyone read a couple months back about former actress Eliza Roberts, wife of actor Eric Roberts (sister-in-law of Julia) who claimed in a recently unearthed 1994 deposition that Timothy Busfield sexually harassed and humiliated/terrorized her. Look it up, it is quite deranged. She came forward (in 1994) at the time to support a 17 year old girl who made accusations against Busfield, who had made graphic sexual propositions and accosted her in a library parking lot in the 1980s. She was so disturbed by his actions and regretted not being more public. The people interviewing Gilbert should quote Liza Roberts depo and ask her to explain that. Only a deeply disturbed person would act like that with a stranger - and she came forward all those years ago with nothing to gain. So enraging

She’s just as sick and should be held accountable.

Not just a shit actress but a shit human as well.

So his story is that he took a woman to the movies, he touched her consensually, then she went to the police. I'm skeptical, that's not usually the way that it happens.

Throw her ass away too.

Ouch. She could have done SO MUCH BETTER

Just me, but this would probably be a dealbreaker if I was dating someone.

For Pete's sake, Laura!

Why did she dump Bruce Boxleitner?

She is delusional.

Damn, Laura Ingalls, you done fucked up

So...in other words, you're an accessory to the crime?

She’s done. Finito.

Even if everything he says is true (which I don’t think it is, but let’s pretend for a minute)… So in 2012, he’s on a date with another woman, who he gropes. Everyone agrees that that happened, whether it was consensual or not. (My money is very much on “not.”) And in 2013, these two lovebirds (derogatory) get married. Idk when they first met or when they started dating, but that’s not a whole lot of time to do “due diligence” on someone.

Never liked her. Knew something was off

As a Babylon 5 fan who thought she was still married to Bruce Boxleitner my heart froze for a moment when I saw that headline.

'Little Dope On The Prairie'

You can’t fix stupid…

I’m out of the Melissa Gilbert loop. I thought she was still married to Bruce Boxliteitner

She’s a waste of skin.

That's disturbing...

For some reason I thought she was still married to Bruce, was so confused

It’s not uncommon for children to initially deny abuse too. I’m saddened that’s being Weaponized

And so many defended her stupid ass saying she didn't know and to stop crusifying her for her husband's actions

As a mother, your job is to protect your kids as much as humanly possible. Can’t imagine putting my kids in harms way knowing the allegations. She needs to turn in her mother badge

I mean, yeah. It’s Hollywood and Hollywood is a small town. Everyone knows even if it’s not publicly acknowledged.

People might ask why she stays in the face of overwhelming evidence, think she’s delusional. I agree but to me women who “side” with their man, whether it’s against criminal allegations or accusations of being gay, I think are more like women who like to date and marry criminals in prison. They are afraid of men and like the security of being physically separated from them, but also want the security of being with a guy who could do something criminal to protect you, all the while having the security in their minds that this guy will never leave them because who else supports them and is there for them. She’s very insecure and needs many things a normal person wouldn’t even think of to feel secure in a relationship because they would all be red flags. Makes her seem more sinister than delusional to me, almost like she could hold it over his head, oh your gonna leave me? After all I stuck it out with you and all I know and all I’ve done to support you when no one else would. They can have each other.

Disappointed is an understatement.

No f****** shit. I thought I was going crazy thinking he’d already been alleged to have done this before

What a dumbass Laura ingalls turned out to be

Any she never considered it to be true?

"Sure there were stories, but he was funny, and he kept picking up the tab..."

You have to wonder what the hell happened to her gravitating to a predator like Busfield.

Guess she shoulda stayed married to Bruce Boxlightner

She was a child star. 😳 So…..

Child! Actors! Are! Not! Okay!