Alec Baldwin’s Involuntary Manslaughter Trial To Start In July; ‘Rust’ Actor/Producer Faces 18 Months Behind Bars If Found Guilty
deadline.comAlec Baldwin will face a New Mexico jury this summer on involuntary manslaughter stemming from the 2021 fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
As promised last week, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer today set a date for the start of the multiple Emmy winner’s trial in the Land of Enchantment.
Baldwin faces a prison sentence of 18 months to three years and around $5,000 in fines if found guilty. “Jury selection is scheduled for July 9, 2024” wrote Judge Sommer in an order made public Monday morning (read the Baldwin trial scheduling order here).
With Baldwin present in the Santa Fe courtroom, the trial is expected to run from July 10 to July 19, 2024. Aways denying he pulled the trigger, Baldwin shot Hutchins on October 21, 2021 on Rust‘s Bonanza Creek Ranch set just outside Santa Fe after a gun he was holding during a rehearsal discharged a live round.
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