Rust: Alec Baldwin, charged with manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins

After insuring it “I would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger”forensic evidence indicated otherwise. So the FBI had already come to the conclusion that Alec Baldwin had to operate the gun mechanism accidentally killing “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins because she said gun “You can’t shoot without pulling the trigger”.

After that, the actor reached a financial settlement with the Hutchins family and decided to sue the film crew for malpractice.

None of this stopped New Mexico prosecutors from doing so bring criminal charges against him and several members of the film crew for filming on the set of ‘Rust’. Baldwin, as Hannah Gutierrez Reed, head of props, face manslaughter charges, while assistant director Dave Halls pleaded guilty to negligent use of deadly weapons.

This decision, announced by the aforementioned prosecutors in charge of the case, comes as production on the film restarted after Rust Movie Productions and the Hutchins family reached a settlement. In fact, after more than a year of police investigations, filming had just resumed out of New Mexico, in the same area where production was taking place when the tragic accident occurred on October 21, 2021.

“After a thorough review of the evidence and in accordance with the laws of the State of New Mexico, it has been determined that there is sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges against Alec Baldwin and other members of the ‘Rust’ crew.”Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies assured in a statement compiled by The Hollywood Reporter. “While I’m here, no one will be above the law because everyone deserves justice”.

looking for the responsible

“Someone is responsible… but I know it’s not me”. Alec Baldwin has always stood firm on the accidental death of Halyna Hutchins emphasizing that he cannot be blamed for what happened. For his part, Gutierrez Reed, who handled the gun shortly before the shooting, was at the center of the investigation but in the end the charges were also distributed among Baldwin, Ammo Manager Seth Kenney, Props Manager Sarah Zachry and Halls, who in addition to being assistant director was in charge of coordinating security on the filming set and was the one who gave the gun to Baldwin. This performer also has the pending lawsuit filed against him by Mamie Mitchell, a script supervisor who had previously accused him of malpractice.