American actor Alec Baldwin pleaded not guilty on Thursday to manslaughter after a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust in 2021.
He was due to appear in court on Friday, but, by making his position known to the courts in writing on Thursday, he will not be present at this hearing.
On October 21, 2021, this shooting on a ranch in New Mexico had turned tragic when Mr. Baldwin had activated a weapon supposed to contain only blank bullets, but whose very real projectile had killed the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins , 42, and injured director Joel Souza.
Alec Baldwin is being prosecuted in New Mexico for manslaughter and faces an 18-month prison sentence, just like the film’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
Prosecutors have recently given up prosecuting the actor for an aggravating circumstance targeting him and which made him incur five years behind bars.
Alec Baldwin, known in particular for his role in the series 30Rock, has always claimed his innocence. According to him, he was assured that his weapon was harmless, and he denies having pulled the trigger. An assertion questioned by many experts.
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