Alec Baldwin charged again with manslaughter

A new legal step for Alec Baldwin. After charges against him for fatal shooting on set of film were initially dropped Rust, the American actor was again charged with manslaughter on Friday January 19. In her press release on the new indictment, the prosecutor in charge of the case does not explain her decision.

October 21, 2021, the filming of the western Rust in New Mexico (United States) had turned into a tragedy. Alec Baldwin aimed a gun meant to contain only blank bullets, but a real projectile killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza. This rare news item shocked Hollywood and provoked calls to ban firearms on sets.

Actor denies pulling trigger

The 65-year-old actor, who faces 18 months in prison if convicted, has maintained his innocence from the start. He has always maintained that he was assured that his weapon was harmless, and denies pulling the trigger. Gold according to the magazine Varietya new assessment of the weapon in question concluded that it could only have been triggered by pressing the trigger.

The gun, broken during tests carried out by the FBI during the initial investigation, had to be rebuilt and was the subject of conflicting expert opinions.