New Mexico prosecutors intend to recharge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal 2021 Rust shooting, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
Baldwin’s case will be brought before a grand jury in mid-November, the report added.
Kari Morrissey, a special prosecutor on the case, and a lawyer representing Baldwin both did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters.
Baldwin was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. She died when a revolver Baldwin was rehearsing with fired a live round that passed through her and injured director Joel Souza.
Baldwin has said he is not responsible for Hutchins’ death and he did not pull the trigger.
Prosecutors dismissed charges against Baldwin in April after new evidence emerged that the gun he used may have been modified, allowing it to fire without the trigger being pulled.
Morrissey said at the time that if new testing of the gun showed it was working they would recharge Baldwin.
Subsequent testing of the gun by an independent expert showed it would not fire unless the trigger was pulled, confirming previous FBI testing on the reproduction long Colt .45 revolver.
bdonaldo on October 17th, 2023 at 21:53 UTC »
From another article:
“The recent gun analysis from experts in ballistics and forensic testing based in Arizona and New Mexico relied on replacement parts to reassemble the gun fired by Baldwin — after parts of the pistol were broken during earlier testing by the FBI.”
So they’re going to retry him based on evidence gathered using a reconstructed gun, because the original one was effectively destroyed by investigators? Somehow I get the vibe that the defense will have a field day with this, but I’d love to hear from an actual criminal attorney or prosecutor.
Edit: hopefully the link below works.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/prosecutors-seeking-to-recharge-actor-alec-baldwin-in-the-deadly-shooting-on-movie-set-kari-morrissey-jason-lewis-new-mexico-movie-set-rust-halyna-hutchins
kruegerc184 on October 17th, 2023 at 21:17 UTC »
I guess I am confused as to why the handler isn’t the one taking the brunt of this. Is he as a producer ultimately on the hook for everything that happens?
My_Penbroke on October 17th, 2023 at 20:44 UTC »
What is this DA doing?