Actor Alec Baldwin on Wednesday plead not responsible to a cost of involuntary manslaughter over the 2021 on-set taking pictures dying of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins throughout filming of the Western “Rust” in New Mexico.
Baldwin made the plea as he waived his proper to an arraignment after he was indicted by a grand jury on Jan. 19, courtroom paperwork confirmed.
The “30 Rock” actor was allowed to stay free with out posting bond beneath the arraignment waiver with the First Judicial District Courtroom in Santa Fe. Baldwin was initially charged for the taking pictures in January 2023. These fees have been dropped just a few months later based mostly on proof the hammer of the revolver might need been modified, permitting it to fireplace with out the set off being pulled.
The brand new fees got here after an impartial forensic take a look at concluding that Baldwin would have needed to have pulled the set off of the revolver he was utilizing in a rehearsal for it to fireplace the dwell spherical that struck Hutchins within the chest and killed her.
The discovering was the identical as a earlier FBI take a look at on the firearm.
Baldwin made the plea as he waived his proper to an arraignment after he was indicted by a grand jury on Jan. 19, courtroom paperwork confirmed.
The “30 Rock” actor was allowed to stay free with out posting bond beneath the arraignment waiver with the First Judicial District Courtroom in Santa Fe. Baldwin was initially charged for the taking pictures in January 2023. These fees have been dropped just a few months later based mostly on proof the hammer of the revolver might need been modified, permitting it to fireplace with out the set off being pulled.
The brand new fees got here after an impartial forensic take a look at concluding that Baldwin would have needed to have pulled the set off of the revolver he was utilizing in a rehearsal for it to fireplace the dwell spherical that struck Hutchins within the chest and killed her.
The discovering was the identical as a earlier FBI take a look at on the firearm.
Baldwin, the Emmy-winning performer, has denied pulling the set off and stated he was not chargeable for the dying of Hutchins.
The film’s director, Joel Souza, was struck and wounded within the shoulder by the identical bullet that killed Hutchins throughout manufacturing of the movie on a set outdoors Santa Fe.
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