LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 — Actor-director Timothy Busfield surrendered to authorities in New Mexico yesterday to face child sexual abuse charges, accused of inappropriately touching two young cast members on the set of a television show he was directing and producing.

According to a criminal complaint and arrest warrant affidavit, the case involves 11-year-old twin boys who reported the alleged contact occurred over a two-year period, when they were aged seven and eight, during production of the Fox crime drama The Cleaning Lady.