In a written statement, Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to the death of camerawoman Halyna Hutchins.
A day before the official start of the trial for the fatal accident on the set of the western “Rust”, actor and producer Alec Baldwin (64) pleaded not guilty. After this written statement, the star no longer had to appear in court on Friday (February 24) as initially planned. However, this is linked to some conditions.
For the time being, he is forbidden from consuming alcohol and owning a weapon. In addition, he was not allowed to have any contact with witnesses, with the exception of talking about the further production of the film “Rust”.
A few days earlier, the star accused of negligently manslaughtering camerawoman Halyna Hutchins (1979-2021) celebrated his first major victory in court. The additional charge of negligent homicide in connection with the use of firearms was dropped, reducing the potential sentence from five years to a maximum of 18 months. The public prosecutor wanted to retrospectively apply the relevant law, which only came into force after the fatal accident in October 2021. After the objection of Baldwin’s lawyers, however, this plan failed.
Halyna Hutchins died a year and a half ago
In October 2021, while filming the western Rust, Hutchins was hit by a bullet from a gun and died of her injuries. Director Joel Souza (49) was also injured. Baldwin was preparing for a scene when he pointed the gun at the camerawoman and a shot went off. The 64-year-old has since denied all blame for the incident. Among other things, he had asserted that he had not pulled the trigger, but that the shot had gone off.
Source: Stern
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