Prosecutors formally charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter and alleged he did not attend a firearms training on the ‘Rust’ set before Halyna Hutchins’ death.
Alec Baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died on the set of Rust in October 2021.
New details have emerged about Baldwin’s time on set and his behavior before Hutchins’ tragic death, as revealed by Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies. While announcing the charges against Baldwin yesterday (Jan. 31), Carmack-Altwies painted a damning picture of Baldwin’s allegedly distracted and negligent behavior, including claims that he did not attend a firearms training and was on his phone during a separate training session, per The Daily Mail.
Documents released yesterday and obtained by the outlet accuse Baldwin of “reckless deviation from known standards and practice and protocol.”
Prosecutors stated in the documents that Baldwin was not present at a Rust firearms training, and when he was subsequently scheduled to complete an hour-long session with armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, he only participated in 30 minutes of the training, during which he “was distracted and talking on his cell phone to his family.
