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“Lies & Manipulation”: Alec Baldwin Lambasted By ‘Rust’ Prosecutors As Involuntary Manslaughter Trial Nears
With just a few months left before trial, both sides in the 30 Rock vet's case are blaming the other for things going so wrong for so long
A cascade of “misleading statements” and “false” claims by Alec Baldwin ’s lawyers in the Rust star’s involuntary manslaughter case for the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins will do nothing to erase the actor’s “complete lack of concern for the safety of those around him,” declares the prosecution. The defense supposedly leaked the confidential material to NBC News (where Baldwin had an MSNBC show for a spell) and intended to file suits against the state of New Mexico and past prosecutors to “direct media attention to the frivolous lawsuit and away from the plea hearing.” Recharged with involuntary manslaughter in January and having entered a not guilty plea not long afterward, Baldwin is up against around half a dozen civil cases in California and New Mexico courts related to the fatal Rust shooting .
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