Celebrity News January 19, 2024
Alec Baldwin Indicted on Involuntary Manslaughter Charge for ‘Rust’ Shooting
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Alec Baldwin has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the “Rust” shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Variety reports.
After the news broke, Alec’s attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel released the statement, “We look forward to our day in court.”
In October 2021, Baldwin, an actor in and producer on “Rust,” was holding the gun that discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza on the set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Baldwin was initially charged in January 2023, but those charges were dropped.
Variety reports that there were initially questions about whether the Colt .45 used in the shooting wasn’t working properly. Furthermore, Baldwin has always claimed that he did not pull the trigger.
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View StoryThe trade adds that the gun was damaged during FBI testing, and now, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis say gun experts recreated the gun and report it would only fire if someone pulled the trigger.
The report states, “This fatal incident was the consequence of the hammer being manually retracted to its fully rearward and cocked position followed, at some point, by the pull or rearward depression of the trigger. Although Alec Baldwin repeatedly denies pulling the trigger, given the tests, findings and observations reported here, the trigger had to be pulled or depressed sufficiently to release the fully cocked or retracted hammer of the evidence revolver.”
