Alec Baldwin and his lawyers haven’t wasted any time after a judge last week dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against the actor, following the late, mid-trial discovery of evidence that was allegedly buried by law enforcement authorities in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Baldwin’s lawyers have sent notices to Santa Fe prosecutors and the sheriff’s office, warning them of “future litigation” over their actions in the “Rust” shooting trial, . In a pair of “preservation notices” mailed Monday and obtained by Rolling Stone, Baldwin’s lawyers told both Santa Fe prosecutor Kari Morrissey and Sheriff Adan Mendoza to “preserve all relevant information in your possession, custody, and/or control” related to the trial against Baldwin.
“Specifically, we request that you immediately take all necessary steps, including preserving all devices, hard drives, emails, text messages, and other electronic communications, to preserve any and all documents, records, electronically stored information (‘ESI’), and other materials and data existing in any form whatsoever, that are actually or potentially relevant or relate in any way to the investigation(s) and/or prosecution(s) conducted by the State in connection with the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie, Rust,” the preservation notices stated, according to Rolling Stone. Last Friday, Baldwin was three days into his trial in the October 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the se.