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Alec Baldwin Mocks Attempt By ‘Rust’ Prosecutor To Reopen Fatal Shooting Case; “No Basis Exists To Reconsider The Court’s Decision”
Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tossed out in July, but the Emmy winner is still trying to make sure the whole thing is truly over. In a filing today in New Mexico state court, lawyers for The Marrying Man star requested that Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey’s […]
Soon set to star in his own TLC reality show with wife Hilaria and their children, Baldwin saw prosecutors fall into a well timed defense snare when it emerged there were bullets handed over to Santa Fe Sheriff’s office that the actor’s lawyers hadn’t seen. The decision by Judge Sommer on July 12, at the end of an rocky evidentiary hearing over a defense motion to dismiss the case over the bullets dropped off to police in recent weeks by ex-Arizona cop Troy Teske, could also mean the release of incarcerated Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed from New Mexico state prison. While Baldwin is still facing nearly a dozen civil suits over the Rust tragedy, Gutierrez-Reed has a hearing on September 26 that could see her receive an immediate release from detention if Judge Sommer agrees the suppression of the Teske bullets tainted her case too.
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