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On 28 Feb 2022, Lefty Lundquist <lefty_lundquist@ggmail.com> posted some news:svjnls$4q3$30@dont-email.me:

He killed her because she wouldn't fuck him and he was begging. She
shut him down. His ego would not let it pass.

Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to a refiled count of
involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer
Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western film "Rust" in New Mexico.

According to court documents filed Wednesday in Sante Fe County court,
the 65-year-old Baldwin waived his right to an arraignment — originally scheduled for Thursday — and pleaded not guilty to the charge, which was brought earlier this month by New Mexico special prosecutors.

On Oct. 21, 2021, on a film set outside Santa Fe, the 42-year-old
Hutchins was struck and killed by a live round when a prop gun being
held by Baldwin discharged during a rehearsal. Joel Souza, the film's
director, was also wounded.

Baldwin has repeatedly denied that he pulled the gun's trigger. However,
a forensics report released by prosecutors last August determined it was
likely the trigger had been pulled.

"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," firearms expert Lucian Haag
Lucien Haag wrote in the report.

Baldwin and the film's armor, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, were both charged
with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting in January
2023.

About four months later, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason
Lewis said the involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin would be
dropped based on the revelation of "new facts" in the case that demanded
more analysis.

A grand jury then indicted Baldwin, who is a producer on the film, on a
count of involuntary manslaughter on Jan. 19 of this year. According to
the indictment, the charge was based on additional testimony from seven witnesses given to a New Mexico grand jury.

Baldwin is not allowed to consume alcohol and cannot leave the U.S.
without written permission from the court, according to a conditional
release order signed by the judge Wednesday. He is also only allowed to
have contact with potential witnesses as it pertains to "business
matters" to do with the "Rust" movie.

The initial involuntary manslaughter charges brought against
Gutierrez-Reed were not dropped. Last June, prosecutors also brought an additional count of felony fourth-degree tampering with evidence against
her. She is expected to go to trial next month.

In a previously filed probable cause statement, prosecutors alleged that
on the afternoon of the shooting, Gutierrez-Reed retrieved the gun from
the prop truck and handed it to "Rust" assistant director David Halls
without conducting a necessary safety check.

Prosecutors said Halls also did not request the safety check — which
would involve Gutierrez-Reed showing Halls each dummy round in the gun —
before he subsequently handed the weapon to Baldwin.

In March 2023, as part of a deal with prosecutors, David Halls pleaded
guilty to unsafe handling of a firearm and was sentenced to six months' probation.

Production on the film resumed in early 2023 and wrapped up in May of
that year.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alec-baldwin-pleads-not-guilty-refiled-mansl aughter-charge-rust-shooting/

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