Timothy Busfield is a free man — at least for now — after his lawyer had the prosecutor on the ropes, arguing the whole case was rooted in revenge by angry parents.

Busfield and his lawyer appeared Tuesday afternoon before an Albuquerque judge, taking apart the prosecutors’ evidence, piece by piece.

As we reported, Busfield has been charged with child sexual abuse, involving 2 boys who were part of the cast of “The Cleaning Lady” in 2022. Prosecutors claim Busfield touched them inappropriately.

Busfield’s lawyer, Amber Fayerberg, went line by line, addressing each accusation in the criminal complaint. She brought up the recording of an officer interviewing one of the boys — in audio TMZ first obtained — in which the child volunteers Busfield never touched him inappropriately.

Fayerberg went on to highlight, it would have been virtually impossible for Busfield to have interacted alone with the children, citing the boys’ on-set teacher and several witnesses who were there regularly who said they saw no such misconduct.

And that wasn’t all … Fayerberg addressed what the prosecutor actually put in the criminal complaint … that an actress on set said the mother of the boys told her if her kids were fired, she vowed revenge against Busfield. Both children were not brought back for the final season.

Busfield’s defense team pointed out the father of the two boys — identified in the state’s motion for pretrial detention as Ronald Rodis — is a disbarred attorney … he was convicted of federal conspiracy and wire fraud, pleading guilty in 2016.

Busfield’s wife, Melissa Gilbert, who was in attendance in court Tuesday, had tears streaming down her face as she heard the ruling.

Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara are expanding their family … because they have a baby girl at home … and she was born via surrogate.

The singer and actor now have three children together … and their newborn is named Mikey Moon Trainor.

In a social media post announcing her daughter, Meghan says … “Our baby girl Mikey Moon Trainor has finally made it to the world thanks to our incredible, superwoman surrogate.”

Meghan posted a ton of photos of the baby at home and in the hospital … so click through the gallery to see her growing family.

Andy Serkis is dropping hints about the cast for a new movie in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ franchise … and it sounds like he went to bat to get the band back together.

We got the guy who plays Gollum in the ‘LOTR’ trilogy at LAX on Tuesday and asked about the new movie he’s directing and starring in, “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum.”

Andy’s reprising his role as Gollum and Ian McKellen is returning as Gandalf, with Elijah Wood expected back as Frodo Baggins … and while Andy didn’t want to give too much away as far as cast, he did go on the record saying he “loved” the OG cast, which also featured Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom.