Alec Baldwin breathes a sigh of relief after the New Mexico prosecutor’s office decides to file the manslaughter charges in his regards. Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, the actor’s lawyers, welcomed the news, stating that “we encourage a thorough investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident.” In January 2020, the actor was charged in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust. If convicted, he could face an 18-month prison sentence.
Two charges remain A decision taken by the two special prosecutors who in March took charge of the investigation to oversee the trial after the lawyer in charge before them had been forced to resign. At the moment, the charges against the film’s gunsmith, Anna Gutierrez-Reid, remain standing. That would give prosecutors the option to keep the investigation into Hutchins’ death open.
The filmmaker had been hit by a lethal bullet from the vintage gun Baldwin was holding during
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filming will resume in the next few hours interrupted since the day of the tragedy: a pure temporal coincidence with the decision of the prosecutor to drop the charges. It will shoot in Montana with Baldwin still in the lead role, Joel Souza as director and Matthew Hutchins, Halyna’s widower, on board as executive producer. Both Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed and had pleaded not guilty. The actor, in a hot interview with ABC a few weeks after the tragic event, had insisted that he had not pulled the trigger of the gun.