New Mexico prosecutors said Baldwin, who is facing trial for involuntary manslaughter, made the movie set unsafe before accidentally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
By Annabelle Timsit, The Washington PostAlec Baldwin gestures while talking with investigators following a fatal shooting last year on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M.
The accusations, laid out by special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis in a filing made public on Monday, suggest the prosecution intends to vigorously go after Baldwin, who was indicted by a grand jury in January on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Baldwin’s trial is scheduled for July in Santa Fe, and he has pleaded not guilty.
On Monday, Morrissey wrote that she and Lewis have experienced “contrived and unwarranted personal attacks” from Baldwin, as well as “near countless lies and manipulation” from the actor’s legal team “for more than one year.” The filing marks the latest chapter in the long-running legal saga around Hutchins’s death. “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last month and is expected to be sentenced on April 15, after her attempts to challenge her conviction were unsuccessful.
“This is an abuse of the system, and an abuse of an innocent person whose rights have been trampled to the extreme,” they wrote.
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