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Melissa Gilbert pleads to judge to 'protect' husband Timothy Busfield in jail

Melissa Gilbert is desperate for her husband Timothy Busfield to be 'protected' in prison

Melissa Gilbert has asked a judge to keep her husband Timothy Busfield "protected" in prison amid his child sex abuse charges.

The Little House on the Prairie star, 61, has expressed her support for her "sweet husband" in a letter to the judge in his case after he turned himself into police earlier this week and was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and one count of child abuse.

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