A New Mexico judge declared a mistrial and dismissed Alec Baldwin ’s involuntary manslaughter charge with prejudice on Friday. The shock decision followed after Baldwin’s defense lawyers filed an emergency motion alleging prosecutors and investigators withheld evidence. “There is no way for the court to right this wrong,” New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommar ruled as Baldwin broke down in tears in a Santa Fe courtroom.
“Your motion to dismiss with prejudice is granted.” Baldwin, 66, had been charged with recklessly pointing a replica revolver at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and pulling the trigger on the set of the western movie Rust on October 21, 2021. He has long maintained he did not pull the trigger.
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