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The actor Gary Busey has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual misconduct after admitting that he purposely touched a woman inappropriately at a horror film convention in New Jersey in 2022.

“It was not an accidental touching,” the 81-year-old Busey, who was once nominated for an Oscar, told a judge during a virtual court appearance on Thursday.

In exchange for Busey’s plea, prosecutors agreed to dismiss three other counts of criminal sexual contact as well as one count of attempted criminal sexual contact. All of the charges stemmed from accusations that he groped five women with whom he was taking pictures while attending the Monster-Mania convention at a Double Tree Hilton hotel in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, from 12 to 14 August 2022.

Authorities said Busey grabbed the buttocks of two women and then put his face near a third woman’s breasts while trying to unlatch her bra, as the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

CourtTV reported that Busey’s defense attorney, Blair Zwillman, had initially argued on Thursday that the indictment against her client should be dismissed because police had conducted a “faulty” investigation and failed to question certain witnesses. But Camden county, New Jersey, prosecutor Keith Carmy, contended that there was no evidence that would have been exculpatory for Busey and that substantial witness testimony had been presented to the grand jury which charged Busey.

The judge presiding over Busey’s case, Gwendolyn Blue, denied Zwillman. After Busey pleaded guilty, Blue tentatively set a virtual sentencing hearing for him on 18 September, CourtTV reported.

Busey reportedly faces one to five years of probation as well as fines, and he must submit a DNA sample to authorities.

He wore a hearing aid “as loud as it will go” during Thursday’s hearing, yet he evidently struggled to hear the proceeding.

Busey is known widely as a character actor with more than 100 film and television credits, generally in supporting roles. Among his credits are Point Break, Under Siege, Rookie of the Year, Lethal Weapon and Predator 2.

He earned an Oscar nomination for best actor for playing the title role in 1978’s The Buddy Holly Story.

The case to which Busey pleaded guilty on Thursday was not his first brush with the law. He faced drug charges in 1995 after a near deadly cocaine overdose sent him to the hospital.

Busey has also previously been arrested on charges of spousal abuse. And during the 2011 season of Celebrity Apprentice, he was accused of sexually assaulting a female employee of the show.

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Meyers’ beloved movie The Holiday is getting a TV treatment. Apple TV+ has in the works a limited series adaptation of the 2006 romantic comedy, which starred Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black, sources tell Deadline. It reboots the premise of the film with new characters.

Krissie Ducker (Sweetpea) is writer/executive producer for The Holiday series, produced by Left Bank Pictures, with Rob Delaney (Catastrophe) also brought on as a writer. Meyers has no involvement in the project, I hear.

The limited series keeps the setup of the movie about a single American and single British woman living very different lives who swap their houses for the holidays and find love in the process.

Search is underway for well-known actresses to play the leads, with the first offers sent out on both sides of the Atlantic. If/when stars are locked in, the limited series, which comes from Apple TV+’s UK team, is expected to get a green light.

The 2006 movie, written, directed and produced by Meyers, revolved around Amanda (Diaz), a Los Angeles movie trailer company owner, and Iris, a London newspaper columnist who exchange their houses on a whim after each suffers a heartbreak. Amanda meets Iris’ widower brother (Law) while Iris meets an associate of Amanda’s, a film composer (Black).

Released during the 2006 holiday season, The Holiday was a box-office success and, almost two decades later, it remains a Christmas staple (despite Meyers never intending for it to be a Christmas movie).

Actor-writer Delaney co-created and starred with Sharon Horgan on the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy series Catastrophe. This marks his return to Apple TV+ where he starred in Season 1 of Bad Monkey. He was most recently seen in the FX limited series Dying For Sex and the movie Deadpool & Wolverine.

Ducker, who worked as a writers assistant on Catastrophe, has served as writer/co-executive producer on Sweetpea and writer/executive producer on The Assassin.

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Meyers’ beloved movie The Holiday is getting a TV treatment. Apple TV+ has in the works a limited series adaptation of the 2006 romantic comedy, which starred Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black, sources tell Deadline. It reboots the premise of the film with new characters.

Krissie Ducker (Sweetpea) is writer/executive producer for The Holiday series, produced by Left Bank Pictures, with Rob Delaney (Catastrophe) also brought on as a writer. Meyers has no involvement in the project, I hear.

The limited series keeps the setup of the movie about a single American and single British woman living very different lives who swap their houses for the holidays and find love in the process.

Search is underway for well-known actresses to play the leads, with the first offers sent out on both sides of the Atlantic. If/when stars are locked in, the limited series, which comes from Apple TV+’s UK team, is expected to get a green light.

The 2006 movie, written, directed and produced by Meyers, revolved around Amanda (Diaz), a Los Angeles movie trailer company owner, and Iris, a London newspaper columnist who exchange their houses on a whim after each suffers a heartbreak. Amanda meets Iris’ widower brother (Law) while Iris meets an associate of Amanda’s, a film composer (Black).

Released during the 2006 holiday season, The Holiday was a box-office success and, almost two decades later, it remains a Christmas staple (despite Meyers never intending for it to be a Christmas movie).

Actor-writer Delaney co-created and starred with Sharon Horgan on the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy series Catastrophe. This marks his return to Apple TV+ where he starred in Season 1 of Bad Monkey. He was most recently seen in the FX limited series Dying For Sex and the movie Deadpool & Wolverine.

Ducker, who worked as a writers assistant on Catastrophe, has served as writer/co-executive producer on Sweetpea and writer/executive producer on The Assassin.

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Meyers’ beloved movie The Holiday is getting a TV treatment. Apple TV+ has in the works a limited series adaptation of the 2006 romantic comedy, which starred Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black, sources tell Deadline. It reboots the premise of the film with new characters.

Krissie Ducker (Sweetpea) is writer/executive producer for The Holiday series, produced by Left Bank Pictures, with Rob Delaney (Catastrophe) also brought on as a writer. Meyers has no involvement in the project, I hear.

The limited series keeps the setup of the movie about a single American and single British woman living very different lives who swap their houses for the holidays and find love in the process.

Search is underway for well-known actresses to play the leads, with the first offers sent out on both sides of the Atlantic. If/when stars are locked in, the limited series, which comes from Apple TV+’s UK team, is expected to get a green light.

The 2006 movie, written, directed and produced by Meyers, revolved around Amanda (Diaz), a Los Angeles movie trailer company owner, and Iris, a London newspaper columnist who exchange their houses on a whim after each suffers a heartbreak. Amanda meets Iris’ widower brother (Law) while Iris meets an associate of Amanda’s, a film composer (Black).

Released during the 2006 holiday season, The Holiday was a box-office success and, almost two decades later, it remains a Christmas staple (despite Meyers never intending for it to be a Christmas movie).

Actor-writer Delaney co-created and starred with Sharon Horgan on the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy series Catastrophe. This marks his return to Apple TV+ where he starred in Season 1 of Bad Monkey. He was most recently seen in the FX limited series Dying For Sex and the movie Deadpool & Wolverine.

Ducker, who worked as a writers assistant on Catastrophe, has served as writer/co-executive producer on Sweetpea and writer/executive producer on The Assassin.

And Just Like That… is ending its run after three seasons on HBO Max, and Sarah Jessica Parker is closing the chapter with an emotional post.

After news broke that the Sex and the City spinoff was coming to an end, Parker took to social media to say goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all,” Parker shared on Instagram. “I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion. Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt. To you all.”

The And Just Like That… star noted “this chapter complete,” and said that the follow-up series “was all joy, adventure, the greatest kind of hard work alongside the most extraordinary talent of 380 that includes all the brilliant actors who joined us.”

“I am better for every single day I spent with you. It will be forever before I forget,” she added. “The whole thing. Thank you all. I love you so. I hope you love these final two episodes as much as we all do. Rabbit rabbit.”

And Just Like That… is currently airing its ten-episode third season and showrunner Michael Patrick King revealed they would have two additional episodes to wrap up the series.

“While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That… season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop,” King said in a statement.

See Parker’s full post below.

And Just Like That… is ending its run after three seasons on HBO Max, and Sarah Jessica Parker is closing the chapter with an emotional post.

After news broke that the Sex and the City spinoff was coming to an end, Parker took to social media to say goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all,” Parker shared on Instagram. “I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion. Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt. To you all.”

The And Just Like That… star noted “this chapter complete,” and said that the follow-up series “was all joy, adventure, the greatest kind of hard work alongside the most extraordinary talent of 380 that includes all the brilliant actors who joined us.”

“I am better for every single day I spent with you. It will be forever before I forget,” she added. “The whole thing. Thank you all. I love you so. I hope you love these final two episodes as much as we all do. Rabbit rabbit.”

And Just Like That… is currently airing its ten-episode third season and showrunner Michael Patrick King revealed they would have two additional episodes to wrap up the series.

“While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That… season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop,” King said in a statement.

See Parker’s full post below.

And Just Like That… is ending its run after three seasons on HBO Max, and Sarah Jessica Parker is closing the chapter with an emotional post.

After news broke that the Sex and the City spinoff was coming to an end, Parker took to social media to say goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all,” Parker shared on Instagram. “I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion. Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt. To you all.”

The And Just Like That… star noted “this chapter complete,” and said that the follow-up series “was all joy, adventure, the greatest kind of hard work alongside the most extraordinary talent of 380 that includes all the brilliant actors who joined us.”

“I am better for every single day I spent with you. It will be forever before I forget,” she added. “The whole thing. Thank you all. I love you so. I hope you love these final two episodes as much as we all do. Rabbit rabbit.”

And Just Like That… is currently airing its ten-episode third season and showrunner Michael Patrick King revealed they would have two additional episodes to wrap up the series.

“While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That… season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop,” King said in a statement.

See Parker’s full post below.

And Just Like That… is ending its run after three seasons on HBO Max, and Sarah Jessica Parker is closing the chapter with an emotional post.

After news broke that the Sex and the City spinoff was coming to an end, Parker took to social media to say goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all,” Parker shared on Instagram. “I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion. Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt. To you all.”

The And Just Like That… star noted “this chapter complete,” and said that the follow-up series “was all joy, adventure, the greatest kind of hard work alongside the most extraordinary talent of 380 that includes all the brilliant actors who joined us.”

“I am better for every single day I spent with you. It will be forever before I forget,” she added. “The whole thing. Thank you all. I love you so. I hope you love these final two episodes as much as we all do. Rabbit rabbit.”

And Just Like That… is currently airing its ten-episode third season and showrunner Michael Patrick King revealed they would have two additional episodes to wrap up the series.

“While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That… season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop,” King said in a statement.

See Parker’s full post below.

And Just Like That… is ending its run after three seasons on HBO Max, and Sarah Jessica Parker is closing the chapter with an emotional post.

After news broke that the Sex and the City spinoff was coming to an end, Parker took to social media to say goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all,” Parker shared on Instagram. “I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion. Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt. To you all.”

The And Just Like That… star noted “this chapter complete,” and said that the follow-up series “was all joy, adventure, the greatest kind of hard work alongside the most extraordinary talent of 380 that includes all the brilliant actors who joined us.”

“I am better for every single day I spent with you. It will be forever before I forget,” she added. “The whole thing. Thank you all. I love you so. I hope you love these final two episodes as much as we all do. Rabbit rabbit.”

And Just Like That… is currently airing its ten-episode third season and showrunner Michael Patrick King revealed they would have two additional episodes to wrap up the series.

“While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That… season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop,” King said in a statement.

See Parker’s full post below.

And Just Like That… is ending its run after three seasons on HBO Max, and Sarah Jessica Parker is closing the chapter with an emotional post.

After news broke that the Sex and the City spinoff was coming to an end, Parker took to social media to say goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all,” Parker shared on Instagram. “I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion. Therefore the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifetime of debt. To you all.”

The And Just Like That… star noted “this chapter complete,” and said that the follow-up series “was all joy, adventure, the greatest kind of hard work alongside the most extraordinary talent of 380 that includes all the brilliant actors who joined us.”

“I am better for every single day I spent with you. It will be forever before I forget,” she added. “The whole thing. Thank you all. I love you so. I hope you love these final two episodes as much as we all do. Rabbit rabbit.”

And Just Like That… is currently airing its ten-episode third season and showrunner Michael Patrick King revealed they would have two additional episodes to wrap up the series.

“While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That… season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop,” King said in a statement.

See Parker’s full post below.