American actor Alec Baldwin (65) has been indicted by a grand jury for negligent homicide after the death of a camerawoman in a shooting incident on the set of the western ‘Rust’. The responsible court in the US state of New Mexico announced this on Friday.
The special prosecutors presented the case to a grand jury last year to start a new criminal case against Baldwin. In the United States, a grand jury investigates crimes after the prosecutor presents evidence and decides whether to file charges.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally injured while filming the western ‘Rust’ at a movie ranch in Santa Fe in October 2021. Director Joel Souza also suffered a gunshot wound. Baldwin, who starred in and produced the film, was using a gun while rehearsing a scene when a shot was fired. There was a real bullet in the Colt. It is unclear how the live ammunition ended up on the set.
After “extensive investigations” in recent months, additional facts have come to light that they believe show Baldwin is criminally liable, special investigators Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis announced in October. Baldwin’s attorneys wrote in a statement at the time that it was unfortunate that a “terrible tragedy” was turned into a “misguided prosecution.”
Baldwin and weapons master Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were charged with involuntary manslaughter in January 2023, and charges against Baldwin were initially dropped in April. It was said at the time that further investigation and forensic analysis was needed. The charges against Gutierrez-Reed remained and her trial is scheduled for 2024. Both have always denied blame for the fatal accident.
Baldwin emphasized in interviews that he did not pull the trigger. The researchers examined, among other things, whether a possible malfunction of the weapon could have activated the weapon. A report by two firearms experts published in August placed new charges against the actor. “Although Alec Baldwin repeatedly denies pulling the trigger, based on the tests, findings and observations reported here, the trigger must have been pulled or depressed sufficiently to free the revolver’s hammer from being fully cocked or retracted,” quotes People magazine. ‘ report. (sda/dpa)
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