After the end of the trial in Sante Fe, Alec Baldwin celebrated with his family and lawyers in a hotel bar. Afterwards, they went to a Mexican restaurant.
Alec Baldwin will not be prosecuted for the fatal shot on the “Rust” set. After the court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, finally ended the trial due to a procedural error by the prosecution, the actor celebrated his success well into Friday evening.
a small group gathered around Alec, his wife Hilaria Baldwin (40), his daughters Carmen (11) and Ilaria (1) as well as the lawyers Alex Spiro and Luke Niklas in the bar of the Hotel Eldorado in Santa Fe.
A film crew that is currently filming a documentary about the “Rust” tragedy was also on site. According to the report, however, no cameras were rolling at the intimate celebration, not even for the separately produced TLC reality show “The Baldwins”. According to media reports, his brothers Stephen (58) and Beth (68) were also on site. After a few hours at the bar, around 8 p.m., Alec freshened up in his hotel room and then went to the nearby Mexican restaurant Casa Chimayo with his family to have dinner.
A few hours earlier, a judge had ruled that the prosecution had intentionally withheld evidence from Baldwin’s defense. This left the court with only one possible response: to immediately dismiss the case. This means that Alec Baldwin cannot be held responsible for the fatal shot in any new criminal proceedings. He faces up to 18 months in prison. Possible civil lawsuits are, however, exempt from this.
Weapon master from the “Rust” set had to go to prison
The authorities had withheld a set of live ammunition from Baldwin’s lawyers, which may have been the source of the fatal bullet. Withholding this evidence had caused great harm to the defendant, which is why the prosecution was highly culpable, the judge said in her argument.
In October 2021, 42-year-old Ukrainian camerawoman Halyna Hutchins (1979-2021) was fatally injured on the set of the film “Rust” by a bullet from a gun held by Baldwin. The gunsmith responsible on set, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed (27), was sentenced to 18 months in prison for negligent homicide in April. Why the gun was loaded with live ammunition remains unclear to this day.
Source: Stern
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