ALBUQUERQUE, Oct. 17 -- The grand jurors who indicted Timothy Busfield asked to hear from more witnesses, and on Friday a New Mexico judge found that prosecutors did not call certain of them. Judge Joseph Montano of the Second Judicial District Court threw out the indictment against the actor and director, finding that prosecutors "failed to act in a fair and impartial manner."

The dismissal is not an acquittal, and it says nothing about whether the allegations are true. Busfield, who has denied them, surrendered to authorities on Jan. 13 and was released on his own recognizance a week later. He was indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor, involving two boys who worked on "The Cleaning Lady," the series on which h...