Alec Baldwin, broken with emotion and hugging his wife after the judge dismisses the Rust shooting case

The nightmare is over for Alec BaldwinThe US justice system on Friday dismissed the criminal case against the actor for involuntary manslaughter for the death in 2021 of the director of photography Halyna Hutchinsen during the filming of Rust.

Following the judge’s decision, the protagonist of Infiltrators He broke down and embraced his wife Hilaria for a long time, who also couldn’t contain her emotion. The actor was also accompanied by his sister Beth, as well as other family members.

The judge annulled the case after the prosecution hid key evidence for the clarification of the events and which would have served to determine how the bullets reached the film set.The late discovery of this evidence during the trial has impeded the effective use of it in such a way that it has impacted the fundamental fairness of the process.“, the judge pointed out Mary Marlowe Sommer.

The events took place a year and a half ago in Santa Fe, where they were filming the western Rust. After a break, they resumed rehearsals and Baldwin shot the director of photography, Halyna Hutchinswho died shortly after arriving at the hospital. Prosecutors filed charges against Baldwin and the film’s gunsmith, Hannah Gutierrez-ReedHe always pleaded “not guilty” and the charges were dropped in April 2023. A few months later, the case was taken up again: a forensic report showed that the trigger of the Colt .45 revolver that Baldwin used and which was not supposed to contain live bullets was “pulled hard enough” to have caused the incident.