Criminal defense attorney Brian Claypool joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ manslaughter case being dismissed by the judge. SANTE FE, N.M.
— In a scene fit for a Hollywood legal thriller, the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin for the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins in 2021 disintegrated in a matter of hours Friday and featured the lead prosecutor taking the stand. Baldwin, 66, entered the courtroom Friday facing the prospect of up to 18 months in prison and walked out unscathed after Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled prosecutors were "intentional and deliberate" in withholding key information from the defense. Baldwin sobbed at the witness table and embraced his wife, Hilaria, before heading back to the Eldorado Hotel and Spa to celebrate the astonishing turn of events.
JUDGE DISMISSES ALEC BALDWIN'S INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CASE IN STUNNING VICTORY FOR ACTOR Alec Baldwin cried in court after his involuntary manslaughter charge was dismissed. (Ramsay de Give/Pool Photo via AP) The trial's fourth day opened with defense attorney Luke Nikas accusing the state of sneakily burying evidence that live ammunition found on the set of "Rust" that killed Hutchins may have come from prop supplier Seth Kenney. Despite the gravity of the claims and the prospect of public humiliation, lead prosecutor Kari Morrissey refused to drop the case prior to Friday's session.
"I told her to dismiss it. The evidence should have been turned over." But h.
