New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Melissa Gilbert shared a line from "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" on Instagram after a judge dismissed her husband Timothy Busfield's child sexual abuse indictment, offering a brief public response to a ruling that leaves prosecutors free to bring new proceedings.

"So shines a good deed in a weary world." The quotation followed New Mexico Judge Joseph Montano's decision to throw out the indictment against Busfield, who denies the allegations.

The words come from Gene Wilder's performance as Willy Wonka in the 1971 film. His character delivers the line after Charlie Bucket returns the Everlasting Gobstopper rather than betray him. Page Six described Gilbert's post as an apparent response to the dismissal; the...