Alec Baldwin Criminally Charged In ‘Rust’ Shooting – Hollywood Life

Alec Baldwin, Hilaria Baldwin and their children
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Alec Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the tragic, unintended taking pictures on the set of Rust on Thursday, January 19. The prices in opposition to the actor, 64, had been introduced by the Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies. Prop armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was additionally charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Baldwin and Gutierrez Reed will each go to trial.

Alec obtained prison prices for the ‘Rust’ taking pictures. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

The DA had shared that prices could also be introduced in opposition to the 30 Rock star in a funding-request doc sharing that there could also be as much as 4 jury trials concerning the taking pictures. “One of the possible defendants is well-known movie actor Alec Baldwin,” the doc stated, per The New York Times.

It’s been almost a yr for the reason that deadly on-set taking pictures, which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, in October 2021. A lawyer for Halyna’s household filed a wrongful dying lawsuit in opposition to Baldwin and different producers for Rust in February. While it wasn’t disclosed how a lot the household is looking for, the lawyer did give an emotional assertion in regards to the loss that the cinematographer’s household has endured since her dying in a press convention. “This son has lost his mother. It is a young boy who will never have a mother,” he stated. “And a man who lost his wife, his soulmate. That goes on forever and ever.”

Immediately after the taking pictures an investigation was launched into the ‘Rust’ incident. (Larry Marano/Shutterstock)

Alec has given a number of interviews for the reason that taking pictures, and he mourned her dying when he first sat down with ABC News in December 2021. “I would go to any lengths to undo what happened,” he stated. In the interview, the actor additionally maintained his innocence, saying that he didn’t intend to fireside the shot, which killed Halyna. “The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger,” he stated.

Halyna’s husband Matt has additionally criticized Alec for giving interviews since his spouse’s tragic dying. “I was just so angry to see him talk about her death so publicly in such a detailed way and then to not accept any responsibility after having just described killing her,” he advised NBC News.