Alec Baldwin‘s involuntary manslaughter charge within the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has been dropped.
The District Lawyer of Santa Fe County in New Mexico is not going to be transferring ahead with plans to prosecute Baldwin, in accordance with the actor’s attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro.
“We’re happy with the choice to dismiss the case towards Alec Baldwin,” they stated in a joint assertion to NBC Information, “and we encourage a correct investigation into the information and circumstances of this tragic accident.”
Baldwin additionally spoke out when he shared a photograph of himself and spouse Hilaria Baldwin on Instagram. “I owe all the pieces I’ve to this girl,” he wrote within the April 20 post, earlier than seemingly additionally thanking Nikas. “(and to you, Luke).”
Information of the dismissal comes virtually two months after Baldwin and Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed every pleaded not guilty to at least one depend of involuntary manslaughter in connection to Hutchins’ dying.