Lawyers for American actor Alec Baldwin confirmed this Thursday that the charges were withdrawn. manslaughter after accidentally shooting a cinematographer on the set of his latest movie,Rust‘ in New Mexico.
“We are happy with the decision” dismiss the case against Alec Baldwin and a proper investigation “About the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident,” his lawyers Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro said, according to the NBC news network.
Baldwin already declared himself at the end of February not guilty He was freed from the charges against him and was released pending trial. a promise not to own any weapons, drink alcohol, or speak to witnesses of the shootingas reported by US network CNN at the time.
The actor shot the cinematographer of the movie ‘Rust’ last October. Halyna Hutchins During the filming of a scene in the movie, he was loaded with a weapon that should have been unloaded but for some unknown reason. This incident led to the indictment of both Baldwin and the gunsmith, Hannah Gutierrez Reed.