Alex Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial is on track to take place in July despite continued efforts by his lawyers to have the charge dismissed.
Alex Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial is on track to take place next month despite his lawyers bid to have the charge dismissed.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer rejected a motion to dismiss the case, the third time in five weeks she ruled to uphold the charge, People Magazine reported.
Baldwin’s lawyers argued key evidence related to the prop gun the actor allegedly fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza, was destroyed.
The deadly October 2021 incident occurred on the set of the Western “Rust.”
The “30 Rock” star’s trial is set to begin July 9. He faces up to 18 months in prison.
“Government agents knew that the firearm would not survive their clumsy ‘tests’ intact,” his attorneys argued in a May court filing.
“But at the insistence of prosecutors eager to prove a celebrity’s guilt, they nevertheless blundered ahead without preserving the original state of the firearm through photographs, video or other means,” they continued.
