Unexpected twist in the case Oxide. After the cancellation of his trial for involuntary manslaughter, and when the case seemed definitively closed, Alec Baldwin relaunched this legal soap opera, prosecuting prosecutors Mary Carmack-Altwies and Kari Morrissey, as well as other representatives of Santa Fe where the trial took place. . In a complaint filed Thursday in New Mexico, he accuses them of violating civil rights during the legal process they initiated against him.
the actor of blue jasmine In particular, he accuses the two prosecutors of having tampered with evidence and obtaining false testimony. They “took advantage of every opportunity to make him a scapegoat” and tried to “advance Baldwin’s trial and conviction,” we can read in the complaint transmitted by the Hollywood Reporter.
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This trial continued to the drama that occurred on the set of the western Oxidein which Alec Baldwin plays one of the main roles, in October 2021 in New Mexico. The star had brandished a gun that supposedly only contained blank bullets, but had fired a very real projectile.
The shooting killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, and wounded director Joel Souza. Alec Baldwin faced up to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter.
Marked by numerous weaknesses and comings and goings, the investigation has never been able to establish how real bullets, absolutely prohibited on the set, ended up on the set of Oxide. Alec Baldwin’s trial was canceled on Friday, July 12 due to procedural errordue to case-related bullets held by investigators that had not been transmitted to the defense.
“Contradictory” testimonies
The judge who decided this annulment later declared that the prosecutor had “intentionally and deliberately hidden” key elements from the defense. He also noted that Kari Morrissey had provided “conflicting” testimony about these undisclosed elements.
Alec Baldwin also accuses Andrea Reeb, a former prosecutor, of a conflict of interest in her capacity as an elected representative of the New Mexico House of Representatives: leaked emails suggest that she attempted to exploit this matter for political purposes.
Finally, the actor accuses Mary Carmack-Altwies of defamation for comments she made on CNN in 2023. She stated that Alec Baldwin “had a duty to ensure the set was safe” and that “he should have checked the gun.” What he denies: “The false and defamatory statement implies that Baldwin committed a serious crime, and that he caused the death of a human being through negligence or reckless conduct,” the complaint reads.
Gunsmith Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, responsible for the weapons on the set, was convicted last April to 18 months in prison for manslaughter. The new trial she demanded was rejected in October. The film’s first assistant, David Halls, pleaded guilty to negligence to avoid prison sentence.
Source: BFM TV
