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Alec Baldwin Could Sue ‘Rust’ Investigators: ‘This Is Open and Shut’


Alec Baldwin could file a civil rights lawsuit against the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, after his manslaughter case collapsed last week.

Alec Baldwin could file a civil rights lawsuit against the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, after a judge dismissed his manslaughter case due to withheld evidence. They do instruct Morrissey and Mendoza to preserve “all relevant information in your possession, custody, and/or control,” including “devices, hard drives, emails, text messages, and other electronic communications.” Morrissey has said that she learned last fall that Baldwin was planning to file a “frivolous lawsuit” against the state of New Mexico and the former prosecutors on the “Rust” case, as a way to distract media attention from a misdemeanor plea deal.

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