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Alec Baldwin Racks Up ‘Rust’ Trial Win; Defendant’s Co-Producer Role Now Not Part Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case
On the eve of his trial starting in New Mexico, the Emmy winner just scored a big win
“The probative value is not substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice and confusion to jurors,” Judge Sommer added to special prosecutors Johnson and Kari Morrisey, as well Baldwin’s Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan defense lawyers Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro. Additionally, the prosecutors have put forward that Baldwin’s producer placement in the film’s hierarchy allowed him to essentially take over Rust and even big foot director Souza on occasion, including on matter of firearm safety and his own training by now incarcerated armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. As well, with the Land of Enchantment pulling over $1.6 million in tax incentives that Rust had been awarded, the deal that Baldwin and fellow producers made with widower Matthew Hutchins to end his wrongful death suit may now be in jeopardy.
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