A New Mexico judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”
The judge in a ruling made public Wednesday dismissed the case without prejudice for lack of any significant action with the claim, which was filed in state district court earlier this year.
Luke Nikas, Baldwin’s lead attorney, told reporters that the dismissal amounted to a nonevent since his team has been waiting to prosecute the case.
“We have been in good-faith settlement discussions with the parties to the lawsuit and will be refiling promptly if those discussions are not promptly and favorably resolved,” he said.
Defendants include special prosecutor Kari Morrissey and Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, along with three investigators from the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office and the county board of commissioners.
A charge of involuntary manslaughter against Baldwin was dismissed at trial last year on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense. The trial was upended by revelations that ammunition was brought into the Santa Fe County sheriff’s office months earlier by a man who said it could be related to the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Hutchins died shortly after being wounded during a rehearsal for the movie “Rust” in October 2021 at a film-set ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when it discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
Still, Baldwin and other producers of “Rust” are being sued in New Mexico state court by the parents and younger sister of Hutchins. Court records show a deposition for Baldwin in that case was put off in May and has yet to be rescheduled.
Baldwin has a history of blaming others, rather than taking ANY responsibility himself. He is a danger to the human race with his thinking, and justice would be best served by executing him, as there is ZERO chance of any redemption for someone who claims, “It’s never my fault.” He lives in his own little fairy-tale, make-believe world & thinks he is above EVERYBODY.
If not manslaughter, there should be a way to charge him with BLATENT STUPIDITY, and he should be put someplace where he never again has the opportunity to harm anyone else !
A padded cell in the middle of the Sahara would be a good place !