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Alec Baldwin Suing New Mexico Prosecutors Over Dropped Rust Case
He is accusing them of “malicious prosecution” over issues with the case.
The actor filed a lawsuit accusing New Mexico prosecutors and investigators of “malicious prosecution” over the dismissed manslaughter case against him, the New York Times reports. The judge dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it could not be retried, saying at the time, “There is no way for the court to right this wrong.” “Although no verdict in this civil case can undo the trauma the state’s threat of conviction and incarceration has inflicted, Alec Baldwin has filed this action to hold defendants responsible for their appalling violations of the laws that governed their work.”
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