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Alec Baldwin Wants “Speedy Trial” Over ‘Rust’ Involuntary Manslaughter Charges; Court Appearance Set For Next Month
Less than a week after being hit with involuntary manslaughter charges again the fatal Rust on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in late 2021, Alec Baldwin’s first New Mexico court da…
Looking at 18 months to maybe three years behind bars based on the laws of the Land of Enchantment, the Mission Impossible actor has been “ordered to appear before Judge T. Glenn Ellington, on-February 1, 2024, at 11 am” local time ( read the court summons to Alec Baldwin here). From the hours right after the October 21, 2021 death of Hutchins from a 1880s prop gun that Baldwin was pointing at the up-and-coming cinematographer during a rehearsal on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set just outside Santa Fe to now, the actor has declared on TV, in court filings and everywhere else that he did not pull the trigger. “After extensive investigation over the past several months, additional facts have come to light that we believe show Mr. Baldwin has criminal culpability in the death of Halyna Hutchins and the shooting of Joel Souza,” said Special Prosecutors Morrissey and Lewis said in late October, before heading to a grand jury.
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