Alec Baldwin 'Rust' Shooting Case Revived After New Mexico Indictment

Actor Alec Baldwin has been indicted for involuntary manslaughter once again as a New Mexico grand jury found enough evidence regarding the fatal "Rust" shooting to indict the Emmy Award winner.

According to the New York Times, the grand jury in Santa Fe indicted the actor just months after prosecutors had dismissed the same criminal charge against him.

The incident happened in October 2021 during a rehearsal on the set of the western drama, "Rust." Baldwin pointed a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the rehearsal and it suddenly went off, hitting him and director Joel Souza. She died soon after, while the director was wounded.

The actor claimed he did not pull the trigger but only pulled back the hammer of the gun before it fired and killed Hutchins. However, a report from experts in ballistics and forensic testing, which New Mexico prosecutors commissioned, found, "Although Alec Baldwin repeatedly denies pulling the trigger, given the tests, findings, and observations reported here, the trigger had to be pulled or depressed sufficiently to release the fully cocked or retracted hammer of the evidence revolver."

Prosecutors have now brought the case to Santa Fe after dismissing it last April. In that dismissal, they stated that the firearm may have been modified before the shooting and malfunctioned. However, prosecutors said they were considering re-filing the charges after the results of the new analysis they commissioned came out.

Alex Baldwin Lawyers React To 'Rust' Shooting Case Restarting

With Alec Baldwin being indicted again over the "Rust" shooting case, his defense attorneys, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, sent an email to The Guardian and stated, "We look forward to our day in court."

Aside from the indictment that Baldwin is facing, he and his co-producers are also facing civil lawsuits seeking financial compensation from the crew of "Rust," However, judges placed that civil case on hold to wait for the criminal proceedings to conclude.

Previously, the weapons supervisor for "Rust," Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering. She pleaded "not guilty," with her trial being scheduled to begin next month.

She pleaded not guilty last year, though prosecutors alleged that "she acted in a reckless manner when she handed the loaded gun to Baldwin on set and have accused her of failing to ensure that all the rounds in the firearm were dummies." She was also accused of drinking on the night before the incident and was hung over when she gave Baldwin that loaded gun.

Alec Baldwin Now Selling Hamptons Mansion With Massive Price Cut

While Alec Baldwin faces new involuntary manslaughter charges in New Mexico, he is selling his Hamptons mansion and even starred in a real estate video to sell it. However. it is selling far cheaper than what it is actually worth.

"I fell in love with this place the moment I came here," he said in the video describing the 10,000 sq. ft. farmhouse set on five acres in Amagansett, according to PEOPLE magazine. It was listed at $22.5 million before Baldwin took it off the market last September. However, he is selling it again for a much cheaper price, at $18.995 million.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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