Manslaughter Charges Dropped Against Alec Baldwin in Halyna Hutchins’ Death

Actor Alec Baldwin will no longer face up to five years in prison for the death of ‘Rust’ cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. This is because The prosecution has lowered the indictment charges for fatal shooting with firearms originally filed against the actor and producer.

If Baldwin, 64, had been convicted on the manslaughter indictment charges, he would have faced a mandatory five years in jail. The actor still has a manslaughter charge for the shooting. Now said crime would carry a sentence of less than 18 months if convicted.. The charge was also dropped against former ‘Rust’ gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who faces the same manslaughter charge as Baldwin.

“To avoid further distraction by Mr. Baldwin and his attorneys, the District Attorney and Special Counsel have dropped the manslaughter charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of ‘Rust,'” Heather Brewer said. , the spokesperson for the Santa Fe Prosecutor’s Office in a statement last Monday. The aggravation was based on a New Mexico law that was not in effect at the time of the accident.

In addition to Gutierrez-Reed, Baldwin was previously charged with manslaughter in connection with Halyna’s death on January 31.. The actor also has to face another civil lawsuit from the parents and the sister of the deceased photo director.

In a statement to the press on January 19, Baldwin’s lawyer, Luke Nikas de Quinn Emanuel, stated that the announcement of criminal charges against the actor “distorts the tragic death of Halyna Hutchins and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice”: “Mr. Baldwin had no reason to believe that there was a live bullet in the gun, or anywhere on the film set,” Nikas added. “He trusted the professionals he worked with, who assured him that the gun did not contain real bullets. We will fight these charges and we will win.”

The movie ‘Rust’ is officially scheduled to resume production in the spring, more than a year after the horrific accident happened. in which Hutchins lost his life in October 2021.

Director Joel Souza, who was injured in that shooting, is among the original members of the production team who will return to complete the film. It has also been known that Hutchins’ widower, Matthew, will join the production as executive producer.along with Academy Award-nominated producer Grant Hill (The Thin Red Line), plus Baldwin himself will also return as the lead.