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Alec Baldwin attends his involuntary manslaughter trial in First Judicial District Court on July 12, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Ramsay de Give-Pool/Getty ImagesAlec Baldwin is taking legal action after prosecutors sought criminal charges against him above death Rust cameraman Halyna Hutchinsová.
Baldwin, 66, is charging the Santa Fe, New Mexico, special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey and First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwiesamong other things, on malicious prosecution and violation of civil rights, trans The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Mexico on Thursday, Jan. 9, alleges the prosecution team intentionally withheld evidence that would have exonerated him of involuntary manslaughter.
The suit alleges that the defendants were “blinded by their desire to convict Alec Baldwin for all the wrong reasons and at all costs. At every turn, the defendants sought to scapegoat Baldwin for the acts and omissions of others, regardless of the evidence or the law.
Alec Baldwin was recently charged with involuntary manslaughter for the second time in connection with the death of cameraman Halyna Hutchins on the set of his film Rust – and legal expert Neama Rahmani explains why the charge was dropped the first time. “I got a lot of questions about it (…)
“Criminal prosecutions are supposed to be about the pursuit of truth and justice, not about personal or political gain or the harassment of the innocent,” Baldwin’s lawyers said. Luke Nick and Alex Spiro stated in a statement for L.A. Times. “Kari Morrissey and the other defendants have repeatedly violated this fundamental principle and trampled on Alec Baldwin’s rights.”
“In October 2023, the plaintiffs team learned that Mr. Baldwin intended to file a retaliatory civil action,” Morrissey said in a media statement. “We look forward to our day in court.
Baldwin twice faced involuntarily Manslaughter charges for accidentally shooting Hutchins in October 2021. Hutchins was killed and Rust director Joel Souza he was injured when a prop gun fired a real bullet on the set of a western movie.
Baldwin, who denied pulling the trigger, was later charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in January 2023 and pleaded not guilty a month later. Criminal charges were dropped in April 2023. However, he was charged with involuntary manslaughter a second time and headed to trial in July 2024.
The second case he was released Judge of the First Judicial District Mary Marlowe Sommer last summer. Sommer agreed with Baldwin’s attorneys that prosecutors withheld evidence that could be related to the fatal shooting.
Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images Several jurors from the Alec Baldwin Rust trial express their views on the validity of the case after it was dismissed. In an interview with The New York Times, Johanna Haag and Gabriela Picayo openly stated that they had doubts about Baldwin’s case before it was thrown out in court. “As the week went by… it wasn’t (…)
“There is no way the court is going to correct this mistake,” Sommer told the court, according to NBC News. “The sanction of dismissal is the only appropriate remedy.”
In December 2024, Morrissey, seeking to renew the charges against Baldwin, announced that the lawsuit against the actor was dropped due to a lack of support from the district attorney’s office. As a result, Baldwin will no longer face criminal charges over the incident.
Alec Baldwin has issued an official response after his involuntary manslaughter lawsuit was dismissed. “There are too many people who have supported me to thank right now,” Baldwin, 66, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, July 13. “To all of you, you will never know how much I appreciate your kindness to my family.” New Mexico (…)
“The state’s efforts to continue to litigate in a fair and comprehensive manner have encountered numerous obstacles that have jeopardized its ability to prosecute to the full extent of the law,” Morrissey said in a news release. The New York Times.
movie gunsmith, Hannah Gutierrez-Reedwas found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March 2024 and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Her lawyers’ call for a new trial was denied in September 2024.
