Veteran actor Gary Busey has been sentenced to two years of probation after admitting to inappropriately touching a woman in 2022.
The 81-year-old “Buddy Holly Story” star received the sentence on Thursday, according to court documents obtained by Page Six. Alongside probation, Busey is required to provide a DNA sample and is prohibited from contacting two of the victims.
“He is happy to move on from this circumstance in New Jersey, which has led to extremely negative press for over three years, to no fault of his own,” Busey’s attorney, Blair Zwillman, told Page Six on Sunday. “He’s retired, he treasures his life as an actor and wants to move forward.”
In July, Gary Busey pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree criminal s3xual contact for inappropriately touching a woman at a New Jersey horror film convention in August 2022. During a virtual court appearance, he admitted, “It was not an accidental touching.”
The guilty plea led prosecutors to dismiss the other charges against him, which included three additional counts of fourth-degree criminal s3xual contact and one count of attempted fourth-degree criminal s3xual contact. Several women had accused Gary Busey of misconduct during a photo opportunity at the annual Monster-Mania Con at the Doubletree Hotel in Camden, New Jersey.
Two women alleged that the actor gr0ped their buttocks and even attempted to unhook one of their bras. The “Predator 2” star initially denied the claims, telling TMZ that “nothing happened” at the convention and insisting the encounter with the women “took less than 10 seconds.” He further claimed the women “made up a story” about the assaults.