Actor Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The lawsuit was filed in Santa Fe, N.M., where a judge dismissed a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin in the death of Halyna Hutchins, the Associated Press reports. Baldwin also alleged defamation, saying that prosecutors and investigators intentionally mishandled evidence.
Defendants include special prosecutor Kari Morrissey and Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, along with investigators from the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office. “Defendants sought at every turn to scapegoat Baldwin for the acts and omissions of others, regardless of the evidence or the law,” the lawsuit says. Hutchins died after being wounded during a rehearsal for the movie in October 2021 at a film-set ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe. Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer, was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when it discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin said he pulled back the hammer, not the trigger, and the revolver fired.
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