Update: Alec Baldwin Facing New Civil Suit over "Rust" Shooting

[Dude111]

Im glad he plead not guilty......... He is not a gun professional............. He should have had someone check the gun but he didnt.......

It doesnt mean he did it on purpose or knowingly........

[Yong Fang]

From all that I have read about him, Alec Baldwin is a prick and no one has defended him as a good person and this was a tragic accident. Saying that, this sounds like a tragic accident. But it’s again telling that no one to my knowledge has defended Baldwin, which means the man is probably not well liked among his peers.

My questions concerns the gun, prop guns have been used in movies for over a hundred years. Aren’t they just toy guns that shoot blanks? Why was there a gun that obviously shot projectiles that killed someone? That makes no sense. Anyone know?

I also think it’s interesting (to my knowledge) that no one has sued Baldwin, or the movie company or the director for the death. Was this woman married? Have children? I am sure she probably had insurance, but still. If something liked that happened to my wife, I would be out of my mind in grief and no amount of money would change that, but I would demand millions as punishment.

[TMC]

Lawyer Tells Us Alec Baldwin's Defense Faces Serious Concerns After Rust Armorer Verdict

Nicki Swift spoke exclusively with a lawyer about how Alec Baldwin's upcoming "Rust" shooting trial could be affected by the armorer's guilty verdict.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Yong Fang

From all that I have read about him, Alec Baldwin is a prick and no one has defended him as a good person......

Ah man!!

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Yong Fang

From all that I have read about him, Alec Baldwin is a prick and no one has defended him as a good person and this was a tragic accident. Saying that, this sounds like a tragic accident. But it’s again telling that no one to my knowledge has defended Baldwin, which means the man is probably not well liked among his peers.

My questions concerns the gun, prop guns have been used in movies for over a hundred years. Aren’t they just toy guns that shoot blanks? Why was there a gun that obviously shot projectiles that killed someone? That makes no sense. Anyone know?

I also think it’s interesting (to my knowledge) that no one has sued Baldwin, or the movie company or the director for the death. Was this woman married? Have children? I am sure she probably had insurance, but still. If something liked that happened to my wife, I would be out of my mind in grief and no amount of money would change that, but I would demand millions as punishment.

Halyna Hutchins, the woman who was tragically killed, was married to Matt Hutchins and had a son named Andros.

[JamesG]

Rust Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fatal Shooting of Halyna Hutchins
by Shania Russell
April 15, 2024


Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of manslaughter in the fatal movie set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Santa Fe judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled Monday that the movie armorer will receive a maximum sentence of 18 months of incarceration at a New Mexico women's correctional facility.




Prior to sentencing, Gutierrez-Reed, 24, prepared a statement that she read aloud in court:

"First and foremost, my heart aches for the Hutchins family and friends and colleagues as well, and it has since the day this tragedy occurred. Halyna has been and always will be an inspiration to me. I understand that she was taken too soon, and I pray that you all find peace."

She continued, becoming emotional, "My heart goes out to the film industry for the devastating pain that this tragedy caused and the old wounds that have been reopened. I am saddened by the way the media sensationalized our traumatic tragedy and portrayed me as a complete monster. Which has actually been the total opposite of what has been in my heart."

https://ew.com/rust-armorer-hannah-g...tenced-8633432

[JamesG]

Alec Baldwin's Request to Dismiss Manslaughter Indictment Denied by Judge in Rust Case
by Jessica Wang and Lauren Huff
May 24, 2024


Alec Baldwin's effort to dismiss the charge of involuntary manslaughter he faces in connection with the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust has been denied by a judge in New Mexico.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer rejected each of Baldwin's lawyers' arguments for dismissal on Friday, according to the Associated Press, thereby upholding the indictment charging the actor with one count of involuntary manslaughter. The ruling increases the likelihood that Baldwin will stand trial this summer.

Reached for comment on the decision, Baldwin's attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro told Entertainment Weekly, "We look forward to our day in court."

https://ew.com/alec-baldwin-request-...denied-8650185

[JamesG]

Alec Baldwin’s Rust Trial Tossed Out over “Critical” Bullet Evidence
by Dominic Patten
July 12, 2024


In a dramatic turn of events, Alec Baldwin‘s involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was dismissed Friday over “critical evidence” that a New Mexico judge ruled had been concealed.

“The state has repeatedly made representations to defense and to the court that they were compliant with all their discovery obligations,” New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said in her ruling from the bench just now. “Despite their repeated representations, they have continued to fail to disclose critical evidence to the defendant.”

“The state is highly culpable for its failure to provide discovery to the defendant,” Sommer added in a measured tone. “Dismissal with prejudice is warranted,” she concluded.

https://deadline.com/2024/07/alec-ba...st-1236008918/

[Bonniegirl]

I'm glad! It was a horrible accident , and I don't think Alec should be charged for it. Glad it was thrown out.

Very sad for the victim and her family , but it was a very tragic accident and I never thought Alec should be blamed!

[dee2364]

Justice was served. Just because he's hot-tempered and opinionated doesn't mean he was guilty of manslaughter. He wasn't. Somebody else loaded that gun and reassured him that it was okay to shoot. Not his fault.

[TMC]

[JamesG]

Alec Baldwin’s Lawyers Argue there is No Reason to Reopen Rust Manslaughter Case
by Gene Maddaus
Sept. 20, 2024


Alec Baldwin‘s lawyers argued Friday that there is no reason to reopen his manslaughter case, and that New Mexico should be forced to pay his attorneys’ fees for having to respond to “continued abuse.”

Baldwin’s lawyers also submitted an affidavit from one of the two prosecutors in the Rust case, who stated that the other, Kari Morrissey, had told her to ignore a defense request to turn over evidence before the trial.




The trial came to an abrupt halt on July 12, when Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer threw out the charge, after it was revealed that the prosecution had failed to turn over a cache of bullets to the defense.

Morrissey, the lead prosecutor, argued in a motion on Aug. 30 that Marlowe Sommer should reconsider her decision and reinstate the charge. She argued that the defense had successfully confused the judge about the bullets, which she said had no significance to the case and did not undermine Baldwin’s guilt.

After the judge initially rejected the motion due to its length — 52 pages — Morrissey refiled a 10-page version.





Baldwin’s lawyers filed their opposition on Friday, in which they argued that Morrissey had “buried” evidence and lied about it before, during and after the trial.

“The intentional misconduct and fabrications that emerged at trial are consistent with Morrissey’s pattern of withholding evidence and lying about it from virtually the moment she took over this case,” they argued.

They also submitted an affidavit from Erlinda Johnson, Morrissey’s co-counsel, who resigned from the case shortly before it was dismissed. At the time, Morrissey stated that Johnson had stepped aside because she did not want to have a public hearing about the bullet evidence.





In the affidavit, however, Johnson said that was not true. She said that after she learned about the withheld bullets, she urged Morrissey that the “right thing for the state to do” would be to dismiss the case voluntarily, “but Kari Morrissey disagreed.”

Johnson said she resigned because she “felt my ethical obligations were for me to withdraw.”

“I did NOT resign from the case because I did not want a public hearing on the discovery issues,” she wrote.





Baldwin’s lawyers argued there is no basis to reopen the case, and that Morrissey’s motion should be dismissed for procedural violations or on the merits.

“Finally, the Court should award Baldwin’s attorneys’ fees for having to respond to the State’s defective motion and as a sanction against Morrissey for her continued abuse of the judicial process,” they wrote.

Morrissey has already indicated that the state may appeal the judge’s dismissal to a higher court, assuming the motion to reconsider is denied.





Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the Rust armorer, is serving an 18-month sentence after being convicted at trial in March for loading a live bullet into Baldwin’s gun. She has argued that her case should also be thrown out for similar discovery violations.

A hearing on that motion is set for next Thursday.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/a...en-1236152276/

[JamesG]

Alec Baldwin says “More to Come” in Rust Involuntary Manslaughter Case
by Glenn Garner
December 18, 2024


Although the involuntary manslaughter case against him was dismissed in July, Alec Baldwin still wants to tell his side of the 2021 Rust on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The Oscar nominee said there’s “another phase” to come in the next couple months as he seeks to “expose what really happened” on the New Mexico set, where Hutchins and writer/director Joel Souza were shot when Baldwin’s prop revolver discharged live rounds.




“I think there’s more to come,” he explained on David Duchovny’s Fail Better podcast.

“There’s more to come, but the ‘more to come’ is now my effort, and it’s going to be undeniably a successful effort, to raise and to expose what really happened. I was counterpunching. I was on the defensive. I was being accused. I was being indicted.”




Baldwin said the press “suppressed every story that could benefit me and amplified every story that could hurt me. This has been for three years. And the truth of what happened has never been told, never.”

“We have more s— that’s going to come out in ensuing legal filings and so forth,” Baldwin told Duchovny. “These last three years, people have just dined out. Because in this country, when people hate you on that level, they want three things: They want you to die. The second thing is, they want you to go to prison.

These political crowds, both sides, they love to see their enemies put in prisons for years because prison is like a living hell. And the third thing is, they want you canceled, which is like being in prison or being dead, because you roam the earth and you’re just invisible.”




Noting that “things are coming back my way” professionally, Baldwin added, “There’s so much of this case that is not known because we didn’t have a full trial.”

Although he’s “grateful” the judge dismissed the case with prejudice, Baldwin thinks getting a solid verdict would have been “a little bit better,” as his legal team had “troves of things to present.”

Baldwin said he’s pursuing “another phase” in bringing the truth to light in the next “couple months” after the holidays, adding: “I’m going to take a break. I don’t want to talk about this for a while. I want to kind of take a nap.”

https://deadline.com/2024/12/alec-ba...se-1236228324/

[JamesG]

Self-Declared “Scapegoat” Alec Baldwin Goes after New Mexico Prosecutors over Rust Probe & Trial
by Dominic Patten
January 9, 2025


New Mexico’s case against Alex Baldwin may finally be over as of last month, but the Rust star isn’t finished with the state over its investigation and short-lived trial over the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the indie Western.

“Defendants sought at every turn to scapegoat Baldwin for the acts and omissions of others, regardless of the evidence or the law,” reads a civil rights violations lawsuit filed by Thursday the Emmy winner against prosecutors past and current, the Santa Fe D.A. and others.




“Although no verdict in this civil case can undo the trauma the State’s threat of conviction and incarceration has inflicted, Alec Baldwin has filed this action to hold Defendants responsible for their appalling violations of the laws that governed their work.”

“Because Defendants’ actions were motivated by evil motive or intent and involved a reckless or callous indifference to Baldwin’s federally protected rights, an award of punitive damages is appropriate to the fullest extent permitted by law.”

“Defendants’ misconduct in their pursuit of Baldwin, and the trial judge’s condemnation of them, has already drawn world-wide attention,” the 73-page complaint states. “But this action is necessary to vindicate Baldwin’s rights and deter Defendants from attempting to do this to anyone else.”

https://deadline.com/2025/01/alec-ba...rs-1236253162/

[icecream]

This four year old case sure is getting rusty.