Judge denies Alec Baldwin's motion to dismiss manslaughter charge

Alec Baldwin loses latest appeal to dismiss ‘Rust’ case

A New Mexico judge denied actor Alec Baldwin’s latest attempt to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter charge over the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of “Rust,” keeping the case on track to go to trial early next month. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sided with prosecutors, rejecting Baldwin’s attempt to drop the charge over the firearm…

Alec Baldwin faces trial over fatal Rust shooting after defence bid rejected

Halyna Hutchins was killed after the actor pointed a gun at her and it went off during a rehearsal for a Western film near Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2021, but he denies pulling the trigger.

Baldwin loses motion to dismiss manslaughter charge

The motion was the last of several Baldwin's camp had filed seeking to dispose of the case before it goes to trial next month.

Judge denies Alec Baldwin's motion to dismiss manslaughter charge

A New Mexico judge on Friday, June 28 denied a request by actor Alec Baldwin to dismiss a manslaughter charge he faces for the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the film set of the movie Rust. In her ruling, the judge rejected arguments by Baldwin’s lawyers in a hearing June 21 and Monday that the charge should be dismissed because the gun that fired the round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was damaged during testing by th…