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‘Rust’ Gunmaker Tells Court That Alec Baldwin Had To Pull Trigger To Fatally Shoot Cinematographer


The gun that killed on the set of Rust has always been at the heart of this case, & Baldwin has always said he never pulled the trigger

In the end, with Judge Sommer clearly irritated that the jury was being forced to wait for the trial proper to start up, about half of the defense’s redactions, mainly the ones on Baldwin’s personal life, were permitted – though remarks about his wife coming to visit him in New Mexico were allowed. Under questioning from both the prosecution and the often-combative defense, Sante Fe County Sherriff’s Department crime scene technician Marissa Poppell outlined her part in the investigation of the tragedy at the Bonanza Creek Ranch almost three years ago. Defense lawyer Alex Spiro took the day down a strange path when he started talking about a “good samaritan ” had come into the Sherriff’s office in recent week claiming to have proof of where the live rounds that killed Hutchins came from.

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