Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to manslaughter
Alec Baldwin on the set of the film “Rust », shortly after the tragedy.
Actor Alec Baldwin pleaded not guilty Thursday to manslaughter after a fatal shooting on the set of the 2021 film Rust.
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.
Halyna Hutchins
Alec Baldwin is being criminally prosecuted in New Mexico for manslaughter and faces an 18-month prison sentence, just like the film's gunslinger 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 30 series
