Alec Baldwin Cries as Involuntary Manslaughter Case Is Dismissed

A New Mexico judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the middle of his trial and said it cannot be filed again.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said state prosecutors showed “signs of scorching prejudice” by withholding evidence related to ammunition from the actor’s lawyers in the case over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Baldwin’s film Rust in 2021.

“The late discovery of this evidence during trial has impeded the effective use of evidence in such a way that it has impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings,” Marlowe Sommer said from ...