Alec Baldwin “Didn’t Do A Gun Safety Check,” Prosecutor Tells ‘Rust’ Jury In Barbed Start To Actor’s Involuntary Manslaughter Trial; Star “Committed No Crime,” Defense Says

Alec Baldwin “violated …set safety rules,” declared the prosecution this morning in the Rust star’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “After the shooting the defendant began to claim he did not pull the trigger,” said special prosecutor Erlinda Johnson in opening statements in Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer’s Sante Fe County […]