Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to felony costs of involuntary manslaughter in the taking pictures dying of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie and waived his very first formal courtroom visual appeal, in court docket documents filed Thursday.
Baldwin and a weapons supervisor were charged past thirty day period with felony involuntary manslaughter in the capturing death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died soon immediately after staying wounded during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe in Oct 2021.
Baldwin agreed to forgo a listening to to have his rights spelled out to him. A choose on Thursday set circumstances of release that let Baldwin to have limited get in touch with with opportunity witnesses in connection with plans to complete the filming of “Rust.”
Prosecutors and defense lawyers are planning for a probable preliminary listening to in just a several months to identify no matter if there is probable cause to carry on to demo.
Other provisions of Baldwin’s pretrial release include a prohibition on consuming alcoholic beverages and towards any possession of weapons, which include firearms.
“Defendant is permitted to have get hold of with probable witnesses only … in link with finishing the ‘Rust’ film and other similar and unrelated small business matters supplied, even so, that defendant is not permitted to discuss the incident at difficulty,” state District Judge Mary Marlowe claimed in a signed buy.
The involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin, a lead actor and co-producer on “Rust,” and armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed are punishable by up to 18 months in jail and a $5,000 high-quality less than New Mexico legislation.
Authorities said Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza.
Alec Baldwin will encounter an involuntary manslaughter demand in the fatal capturing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the established of the movie “Rust”.
