Alec Baldwin manslaughter case dismissed by judge | Ents & Arts News

Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case has been dismissed following a motion filed by his defence team accusing the prosecution of concealing ammunition evidence.

After an extraordinary day in court – during which the special prosecutor called herself as a witness – the actor broke down in tears and embraced his lawyers as the judge made the ruling and threw out the case, based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors.

Baldwin, 66, had always denied the charge of involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, maintaining he did not pull the gun’s trigger and that others on the set of the western film Rust, in New Mexico, were responsible for safety checks on the weapon.

He would have faced up to 18 months in prison if he had been convicted.

According to the prosecution, the star had behaved recklessly during a scene rehearsal, playing “make believe with a real gun” and violating “the cardinal rules of firearm safety”.

But the defence team argued this was not the case – he was “an actor, acting” and “committed no crime”.

Now, almost three years on from Ms Hutchins’ death, the case against Baldwin has been dismissed – and Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer has said it cannot be filed again.

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