Alec Baldwin May face manslaughter charges again in ‘Rust’ caseCinematographer Halyna Hutchins died in October 2021 due to a new report claiming that her gun could only have exploded if she pulled the trigger.
Continuing the version that he never pressed the trigger of the propeller gun in his hand on April 20, Baldwin, He was acquitted of deliberate manslaughter charges. that they are accused.
Special prosecutors in the case, Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis, denied these accusations after they made the accusations. Evidence presented that the weapon was modified Before it was delivered to the set of “Rust”, questions were asked about whether the gun was working properly at the time of shooting.
Morrissey and Lewis had a new forensic review for the gun broken during FBI tests. determine if the gun is working properly at the time of the accident and they will be able to decide whether to reopen a lawsuit against the “It’s Complicated” (2009) actor.
The report by weapons expert Lucien C. Haag was made public this Tuesday. “the trigger had to be pulled or pressed hard enough” to be fired.
“This fatal event was the result of manual retraction of the firing pin The report, received by the US media, states that “until it is fully backwards and tilted, then at some point the trigger is pulled back or depressed”.
Prosecutors in the past, if the gun is proven to work properly, Baldwin will be charged again. According to the Los Angeles Times, prosecutor Morrissey said Tuesday that his office continues to gather information for a possible new indictment.
On August 2, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer of the New Mexico (USA) District Court, rejected the motion submitted by the gunsmith’s defense from the movie Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed for denying her role in the controversial case.
Gutierrez-Reed charged with manslaughter and manipulation of evidence.