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BREAKING: Criminal Charges Against Alec Baldwin To Be Dropped In Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting

<p>All criminal charges against <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;alec-baldwin-charged-involuntary-manslaughter&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Alec Baldwin<&sol;strong><&sol;a> have been dropped&period; The legal update arrives less than two weeks before a mini-trial is scheduled to begin in New Mexico over the October 2021 killing of <em>Rust <&sol;em>cinematographer <strong>Halyna Hutchins<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;alec-baldwin-charged-involuntary-manslaughter&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Alec Baldwin Formally Charged With Two Counts Of Involuntary Manslaughter In 2021 &&num;8216&semi;Rust&&num;8217&semi; Shooting<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Charges Dropped Against Baldwin In Deadly <em>Rust<&sol;em> Set Shooting But Could Be Resurrected In The Future<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"paragraph larva &sol;&sol; lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">Recently appointed special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis are expected to file the legal paperwork as early as today&period; The paperwork will dismiss the involuntary manslaughter claims against the actor without prejudice&comma; according to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;alec-baldwin-charges-dropped-rust-shooting-halyna-hutchins-1235329568&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Deadline<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"paragraph larva &sol;&sol; lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">That means as the investigation continues&comma; this case could be resurrected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"adm-inline-article-ad-1" class&equals;"admz ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"adma boomerang " data-device&equals;"Desktop" data-width&equals;"1">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" adw-1 adh-1" data-is-adhesion-ad&equals;"" data-google-query-id&equals;"CMf-&lowbar;5Ghuf4CFQfZswodahkO9A">&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against Alec Baldwin&comma; and we encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident&comma;” Baldwin attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro said in a statement&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Baldwin’s co-defendant and ex-Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed still has charges pending against her&period; This is keeping the investigation open and retains subpoena power for prosecutors moving forward&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CrRWbmAuT7x" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"paragraph larva &sol;&sol; lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m ">Both Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed had previously pleaded not guilty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Baldwin Had Repeatedly Insisted He Didn&&num;8217&semi;t Pull Trigger&comma; But FBI Report Says Otherwise<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with <em>ABC<&sol;em> weeks after Hutchins&&num;8217&semi; slaying&comma; Baldwin repeatedly insisted that he didn&&num;8217&semi;t pull the trigger on the 1880s prop gun that killed the cinematographer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the FBI disagreed with that interpretation in its report on the case released last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;alec-baldwin-charged-involuntary-manslaughter&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1m6h3km&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NTc0OTI0Mzk5LjE2ODIwMTUyODQ&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MjAyMTI5MS4yLjAuMTY4MjAyMTI5MS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>The Shade Room<&sol;em><&sol;a> in January&comma; Baldwin had been formally charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter more than a year after Halyna Hutchins died on the <em>Rust <&sol;em>set&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Along with a five-year mandatory firearm enhancement that later was cast aside as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unconstitutional&comma;” those charges carried a maximum of 18 months behind bars&period; Additionally&comma; the charges also carried around &dollar;5&comma;000 in fines if a jury delivered guilty verdicts to Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the time&comma; New Mexico officials made a plea deal with <em>Rust <&sol;em>assistant director Dave Halls&comma; who was sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>Rust<&sol;em> Scheduled To Begin Filming Again This Week&comma; Hutchins Estate Settles Wrongful Death Suit<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>These latest developments are occurring as production on a resurrected <em>Rust<&sol;em> was set to start in Montana with Baldwin and director Joel Souza&period; Souza was wounded in the October 2021 shooting and is now set to return&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Filming was initially scheduled to begin earlier this week&period; However&comma; production is now scheduled to start tomorrow &lpar;April 21&rpar;&comma; Deadline reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This could change based on these new developments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The outlet also noted the coincidence of the timing between the charges being dropped and production picking back up on <em>Rust<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Hutchins estate settled its wrongful death suit with Rust Movie Productions LLC and Baldwin in October 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As part of the deal&comma; 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