Rust actor Alec Baldwin will go on trial after failing to get manslaughter charge dismissed

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The judge rejected arguments that the gun was damaged by FBI during testing, and prevented Baldwin’s legal team from testing it on their own.

Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust in New York, US, Jan 31, 2023. A New Mexico judge on Friday denied a request by actor Alec Baldwin to dismiss a manslaughter charge he faces for the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the film set of the movie Rust.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the former armorer at the movie Rust, during her sentencing hearing at First District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, US, April 15, 2024. Judge Mary Sommer said in her ruling to dismiss Baldwin's motion that his attorneys were not able to prove that prosecutors damaged the gun knowing it could prove anyone's innocence, nor could they prove that they could not obtain"comparable evidence" after the gun was damaged.

An initial involuntary manslaughter charge prosecutors filed against Baldwin in January 2023 was dropped after, according to a person familiar with the case, the actor's legal team presented evidence the revolver was modified, allowing it to fire without the trigger being pulled.

 

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