Alec Baldwin: “Rust” case officially closed

The manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin (66) has officially ended. The Santa Fe district attorney’s appeal, filed in November, was withdrawn and the charges remain dismissed.

Baldwin’s lawyers said in a statement: “Today’s decision to dismiss the appeal is the final confirmation of what Alec Baldwin and his lawyers have said from the beginning – this was an unspeakable tragedy, but Alec Baldwin committed no crime.”

In October 2021, Baldwin was holding what was supposed to be a pistol prop in his hand on the set of the western film “Rust” when it went off and fatally injured 42-year-old camerawoman Halyna Hutchins. The actor was charged with manslaughter and appeared in court in July. He claimed he did not pull the trigger or know why the gun contained live ammunition. The judge surprisingly dismissed the lawsuit on the third day of the trial after learning that the prosecution had withheld evidence from the defense.

However, things aren’t over for Baldwin, as he said in a recent podcast. In the podcast “Fail Better” by David Duchovny (64), the actor announced: “There is more to come, but what is to come is my attempt, and it will undoubtedly be successful, to clarify and reveal what is really happening is.” The truth about what really happened was never told, Baldwin said.