Alec Baldwin manslaughter case dismissed by judge | Ents & Arts News

Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case has been dismissed by the judge.

The actor cried as the judge made the shock ruling on day three in his trial over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The dismissal was made following a motion submitted by his defence team accusing the prosecution of concealing ammunition evidence.

Baldwin, 66, had denied the charge of involuntary manslaughter, maintaining he did not pull the gun’s trigger and that others on the set of the western film Rust, in New Mexico, were responsible for safety checks on the weapon.

According to the prosecution, he had behaved recklessly while rehearsing, playing “make believe with a real gun” and violating “the cardinal rules of firearm safety”.

But the defence team argued this was not the case – that Baldwin was “an actor, acting” and “committed no crime”.

Now, almost three years on from Ms Hutchins’ death, the case against him has been dismissed.

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