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Alec Baldwin “Pulled The Trigger,” Cop Tells ‘Rust’ Involuntary Manslaughter Trial A Crew Member Told Him; Lawyers Clash In Opening Statements – Update


Facing 18 months behind bars, the actor's criminal trial started today with the prosectors & defense going at each other's case very hard

Alec Baldwin “violated …set safety rules,” declared the prosecution this morning in the Rust star’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “After the shooting the defendant began to claim he did not pull the trigger,” said special prosecutor Erlinda Johnson in opening statements in Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer’s Sante Fe County courtroom. “The SAG guidelines don’t tell actors to check the gun,” the New York attorney said bringing up support the guild has offered longtime member Baldwin early on in this case.

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