Representatives for the 81-year-old “Buddy Holly” star say he entered the guilty plea to a single count of criminal sexual contact during a virtual hearing in Camden.

Actor Gary Busey has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact at the Monster Mania Con in New Jersey in 2022, admitting he grabbed a woman’s buttocks intentionally. Busey, 81, of Malibu, California, entered his guilty plea during a virtual hearing Thursday before Judge Gwendolyn Blue in Camden’s Superior Court.

On 31 July 2025, actor Gary Busey, now 81, pleaded guilty to a single count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.