Alec Baldwin had an emotional reaction to his trial's shocking end . After his involuntary manslaughter case in connection to the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was dismissed by a New Mexico judge with prejudice on July 12, the Rust star and his wife Hilaria Baldwin broke down in tears in court. As soon as the ruling was made , Baldwin, 66, dropped his head into his hand and cried before turning to his lawyer for a brief hug.
Behind him, his wife, 40, also began to sob while his sister Elizabeth Keuchler comforted her, wiping her own tears from her face with a tissue. Nearby, his brother Stephen Baldwin looked pensive as he watched the two women console each other. Baldwin also shared an intimate embrace with Hilaria later on, with the 30 Rock alum burying his head into the Yoga Vida founder's shoulder while she pulled him close.
The judge's decision to dismiss Baldwin's case—which puts an end to his manslaughter prosecution and prevents further prosecution based on the same charge—was made after his lawyers accused prosecutors of withholding evidence about how the ammunition wound up on the film's set, where Hutchins was fatally shot after a live round was discharged from a prop gun in Baldwin's hand in October 2021. The film's director Joel Souza was also injured during the incident but was able to recover. "The state affirmatively concealed evidence potentially pointing to an external source of ammunition because the evidence would be favorable to Baldwi.
