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News Alec Baldwin Accidentally Shoots & Kills Cinematographer, Wounds Director with Prop Gun
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Yep. Old geezer brain fart.
Alec Baldwin to face involuntary manslaughter trial in July after judge rejects multiple efforts to dismiss charges: https://nypost.com/2024/06/29/us-ne...-rejects-multiple-efforts-to-dismiss-charges/
Alec Baldwin: Jurors selected in Rust shooting trial
The actor maintains he never pulled the trigger, which will be a key claim at the centre of the trial.
www.bbc.com
the jury selection closed today, I wonder if this is the very first case in USA that the key and only evidence that matter, destroyed by the FBI, can still be used against a defendant, isn't that call destroying the evidence? this is unheard of from reading USA news since I have high speed internet
Latest (possibly last?) development: https://deadline.com/2024/07/alec-baldwin-trial-dismissed-rust-1236008918/
Wow. Cannot believe they failed to follow proper methodology.
as per this lawyer on his Crime Talk chnl.,the prosecutor themselves need lawyer very soon, as they will charge of suppressing evidence. Suppressing evidence of exculpatory information nature is high crime. In the next many mth. to year, you'll see all those prosecutors and law enforcement people all go to trial and in prison
Got to love the presumption of innocence here.
I personally usually tend to favour cockup over conspiracy as explanation for things going wrong or being wrongly done. But I certainly wouldn’t rule out a zealous prosecutor (or cops) doing their utmost to get the scalp of a big movie star, even if it involves breaking rules.
The Deadline article certainly tries to suggest that one of the prosecutors hated Baldwin.
The thing that stood out the most to me after that was the whole "locals versus city slickers" angle that the article mentioned
Yeah, that was a curious tidbit.
what's the deal w/ Seth Kenney? why is that act so fishy? I mean, after the armor went to prison, this guy suddenly shows up, and drop off some boxes of bullet at the police station? what's his gain on this?
www.vulture.com
How Alec Baldwin’s Trial Went Off the Rails
A judge dismissed the case after hearing the prosecution was withholding evidence from the defense.
www.vulture.com
update: they are going to set her free as well, probably sometime next week at the earliest
Well its not guaranteed yet but it seems likely, which sucks because the armorer is definitely guilty. The incompetent prosecutor (seemingly) wanting to "stick it" to a celebrity means that the woman who deserves to serve time for the death of a woman might get off with barely any punishment.
I really hope this at least means the end of the armorers career, I can't imagine even the smaller/shadier film productions are going to want to hire her, even if she gets let off on basically a technicality.
If nothing else, an incompetent and corrupt prosecutor has been uncovered. Who knows how many cases she has affected with this kind of behavior?
but looking back at the whole incident, there were good reason that using the old case law of Brandon Lee, that those 2 FBI agent didn't press charge on anyone. As it's a set, too many people can temper w/ the bullets, I watch the trial of those live round vs. dummy round, how do we know that Starlight didn't ship some live round by mistake?
As Seth Kenney action seems a lot like a cover up to me, why would he all of a sudden spent time to drive to a police station and drop off some boxes of bullets, you people don't feel that as suspicious ? When Gutierrez lawyer said it, noone cares about it. But when Baldwin's lawyer said the same thing, the case get dismissed. Look at this link, Gutierrez has been saying it all along:
www.newsweek.com
As Seth Kenney action seems a lot like a cover up to me, why would he all of a sudden spent time to drive to a police station and drop off some boxes of bullets, you people don't feel that as suspicious ? When Gutierrez lawyer said it, noone cares about it. But when Baldwin's lawyer said the same thing, the case get dismissed. Look at this link, Gutierrez has been saying it all along:
'Rust' Prop Supplier Sued by Armorer Over Fatal Shooting
Seth Kenney is the owner of PDQ Arm & Prop, which supplied prop weapons and ammunition to the production.
www.newsweek.com
No.
Was wanting the legal process to unfold, rather than a procedural dismissal.
As such we'll never really know.