Associated Press
CHERRY HILL — Actor Gary Busey has been sentenced to two years of probation for a sexual offense stemming from an appearance at a 2022 horror convention in New Jersey, according to court records.
The sentence was handed down Thursday during a virtual hearing in state court in Camden. Busey did not speak during the hearing.
The 81-year-old “Buddy Holly” star pleaded guilty in July to a single count of criminal sexual contact for touching a woman’s buttocks “over clothing during an 8-10 second photo op.” The actor had been accused of inappropriately touching at least three women at the Monster-Mania Convention at the Doubletree Hotel.
Organizers of the event acknowledged at the time that an unnamed celebrity guest was “removed from the convention and instructed n