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Judge denies Alec Baldwin request to drop Rust manslaughter case - BBC News


The actor was charged earlier this year over the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a film set in 2021.

Attorneys for Mr Baldwin filed to dismiss the case earlier this month, accusing prosecutors of "unethical disparagement" and of "violating nearly every rule in the book" to secure a grand jury indictment against the actor. At a virtual hearing on 17 May, Alex Spiro and Luke Nikas made their case before New Mexico District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer. In a Friday evening decision, Judge Sommer denied the request, dismissing the arguments that the grand jury process was prejudiced against the actor.

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