Alec Baldwin will not escape criminal charges over the death of Halyna Hutchins - but before today s decision, he has already been fighting legal battles against the Rust crew.
Hollywood actor and producer Alec Baldwin will be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter of cameraman Galina Hutchins, which occurred in October 2021 on the set of Rust. This decision was made by Attorney for the First Judicial District of New Mexico Mary Carmack-Oltvis. Charges must be formally filed by the end of January 2023. If found guilty, the actor may face a prison term.
step up and take that responsibility. here he is. there s no point in pitting victims against each other. the point is mr. baldwin is not taking responsibility. he said in this interview what can i do. i will tell you, alec baldwin, what you could have done. you could have checked that gun before it was fired from your hand, and it matters what happened to mami mitchell. i mean, she ran out and made that 911 call okay. she cared about helping someone else. what did alec baldwin do? baldwin did address the issue of actors checking the guns. he said that is not required as part of the job. he said the job of checking the gun is that of the armorer or the prop master. again, he said that as far as responsibility, he said someone is, but it s not him, victor and alisyn. natasha chen in los angeles.
come on the property, we wouldn t be having this conversation. there s only one question to be resolved. only one, and that is where did the live round come from. cnn national correspondent natasha chen has more of that interview. natasha, that is the big question, haven t investigators figured out yet how that live round got on the set? well, alisyn, victor, it could be quite a while before we hear any developments from investigators who are currently combing through a lot of evidence and interviews. now, alec baldwin did talk about some of the legal issues in this case. he did say that he spoke to some of the people that he felt are in the know, and that he feels it s unlikely that he would be charged criminally, but he s already been named in a couple of civil suits filed, for example, by mami mitchell, the script supervisor on set, as well as serge svenony, a lighting technician. here s what he said about that.