CAMDEN, N.J. (Court TV) — Actor William Gary Busey was sentenced to two years of probation Thursday after pleading guilty to criminal sexual contact stemming from an incident at a New Jersey horror convention in 2022.

Gary Busey appears virtually at a sentencing hearing in New Jersey on Sept. 18, 2025. (Court TV)

The 81-year-old actor appeared via Zoom before Judge Gwendolyn Blue, who imposed the sentence despite defense requests for financial penalties only. Busey had pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact for inappropriately touching a woman during the Monster Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel in Camden on August 13, 2022.

“It was not an accidental touching,” Busey confirmed during his earlier guilty plea when questioned by Blue.

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