Alec Baldwin sues prosecutors over Rust manslaughter case

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Alec Baldwin is ready to return to court Oxide. The actor filed a lawsuit accusing New Mexico prosecutors and investigators of “malicious prosecution” for Manslaughter case against him dismissed, new york Times information. Baldwin claims prosecutors attempted to “fabricate” a case against him, arguing that evidentiary issues in the manslaughter case amounted to a violation of his rights. The trial over Baldwin’s filming of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins had begun last July when a witness revealed evidence about ammunition that had not been disclosed to Baldwin’s lawyers. The judge dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning it could not be retried, saying at the time: “There is no way for the court to right this wrong.”

Prosecutors have long made their case against Baldwin, but in December, special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey withdrew an appeal of the case. At that time, he attributed the incident to the lack of support from the State Attorney General’s Office. Morrissey previously admitted that the evidence was withheld, but argued that it was not essential to Baldwin’s team. “We look forward to our day in court,” he told the Times of Baldwin’s lawsuit.

Baldwin, who has long said the shooting was accidental, accuses prosecutors and investigators of pursuing a shaky case against him based on “personal agendas or professional ambitions.” “The defendants must now be held accountable for their malicious and unlawful pursuit of Baldwin,” his attorneys wrote. “While no verdict in this civil case can undo the trauma that the state’s threat of conviction and incarceration has inflicted, Alec Baldwin has brought this action to hold the defendants accountable for their egregious violations of the laws that governed their work.”