Judge dismisses charges against Alec Baldwin in Rust Lawsuit
BREAKING: Judge just threw out the case against Alec Baldwin in #Rust.
This has been a stunning turn of events as the case unraveled in front of our eyes today amid the defense unveiling that prosecutors hid evidence of bullets.
- Elizabeth Wagmeister (@EWagmeister) July 12, 2024
source 2The prosecution has been such a mess that Baldwin's lawyer ( Read more... )
"Baldwin's lawyers claim a man named Troy Teske, a friend of Thell Reed, the father of convicted Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed - who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for loading a live round into Baldwin's gun - turned over ammunition to authorities that he thought was connected to the case.
We’re talking about a prosecution that didn’t preserve those bullets, that didn’t collect them at all. That didn’t turn them over,” he said.
“This is critical evidence in the case that was never disclosed to us…We were entitled to it,” Nikas said. “This case should be dismissed, Your Honor.”
After a lengthy recess, Sommer heard testimony from witnesses including Seth Kenney, the Rust props firearms supplier as well as Corporal Alexandria Hancock of the Santa Fe Sheriff's Office. Hancock works in the office where Teske allegedly dropped off the ammunition.
During one tense exchange, Baldwin attorney Alex Spiro asked Hancock if she was "hiding" any more evidence. "I don't think I've hidden anything," Hancock replied.
Hancock admitted that the ammunition Teske handed over was filed separately from the other Rust evidence. She also said prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey was involved in talks to file them separately.
In a stunning move, Morrissey called herself to testify under oath, and explained why she didn’t think the ammunition handed over was considered Rust evidence."
Under questioning from Baldwin attorney Spiro, she admitted that her co-prosecutor, Erlinda Johnson, had resigned earlier that day. He also asked her, “You just don’t like Mr. Baldwin, do you?” Morrissey replied that she “appreciated” Baldwin’s politics as well as “the acting he did from Saturday Night Live.”
Judge Sommer issued her ruling shortly after Morrissey left the witness stand.
https://people.com/judge-in-alec-baldwin-rust-case-dismisses-involuntary-manslaughter-charge-8677361
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