On the first day of Alec Baldwin's manslaughter trial in the 'Rust' shooting, his attorney suggests that sheriff's deputies and prosecutors turned their attention on the actor.
Alec Baldwin's criminal trial in the fatal 'Rust' shooting hinges on a single question: Was it the Hollywood actor's responsibility to do a safety check on his gun? Baldwin's trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins began Wednesday with a prosecutor telling jurors that Baldwin acted negligently because he never bothered to check his gun and frequently went off script during production of the low-budget western near Santa...
“On a movie set, you are allowed to pull the trigger,' Spiro said, adding that Baldwin 'did not know or have any reason to believe that gun was loaded with a live bullet.” After Spiro finished his opening statement and sat beside Baldwin, the actor embraced his attorney. The 66-year-old actor-producer arrived at the Santa Fe County courthouse at 8 a.m. with his wife, Hilaria.
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