“Lies & Manipulation”: Alec Baldwin Lambasted By ‘Rust’ Prosecutors As Involuntary Manslaughter Trial Nears

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A cascade of “misleading statements” and “false” claims by Alec Baldwin’s lawyers in the Rust star’s involuntary manslaughter case for the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins will do nothing to erase the actor’s “complete lack of concern for the safety of those around him,” declares the prosecution.

Set to go on trial on July 9 in Santa Fe on charges re-filed in late January, Baldwin is facing up to 18 months behind bars if found guilty in the killing of Hutchins.

With Baldwin pleading not guilty and always proclaiming he never pulled the trigger on the Colt .45 that fired live rounds at Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza, his lawyers have slammed the case as an “abuse of the system, and an abuse of an innocent person.” They want it dismissed ASAP Fresh of their successful involuntary manslaughter conviction of Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on March 6, one of the special prosecutors basically asserts Baldwin is in fact the one abusing the system on-set and in the courts.  “To watch Mr.

Baldwin’s conduct on the set of Rust is to witness a man who has absolutely no control of his own emotions and absolutely no concern for how his conduct effects those around him,” says Kari Morrissey in a scathing response (read it here) to the Emmy-winner’s attorneys latest March 14 attempt to get his case tossed out and the “false narrative” he has been constructing since that tragic October 21, 2021 day. “Witnesses have testified that it was this exact conduct that contributed to safety compromises on set.” The troubled set of the indie Western saw numerous unintended weapons discharges and most of the camera crew leave due to safety and financial concerns the day before Hutchins was killed.