After 15 months, American actor Alec Baldwin "manslaughtered" on the movie scene "Rust", resulting in the death of female photographer Halina Hutchins, finally came to a conclusion.
On January 19, local time, prosecutors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, filed charges against Baldwin, 64, who was charged with "manslaughter" and would be sentenced to up to five years in prison if convicted.
Mary Carmack-Altwies, a local prosecutor, said in an interview that "celebrities don't get caught up because they're famous," while insisting that Baldwin did pull the trigger on the pistol.
Baldwin also spoke out after the allegations, vowing to fight the allegations, calling them "horrific miscarriages."
Although prosecutors want to prosecute Baldwin for "manslaughter", it is still unclear how the real bullet that killed Hutchins entered the set, and what the evidence accuses Baldwin of pulling the trigger is, after all, he did not leave a clear image of the scene at the moment of the shooting.
From a CGI animation that was made after the fact, it roughly restores what happened on the set at that time.
After receiving the pistol handed over by the assistant director, Baldwin did not check, first put it in the pocket of his jacket, and then took out and shot, and the bullet immediately hit Hutchins, who was standing opposite at the time. Although the on-site personnel also took emergency rescue against her, because it was fatally injured, she was powerless, and the 43-year-old was deprived of her life like that.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the on-set armourer who supplied the pistols, was also charged with manslaughter and, if convicted, would have spent up to five years in prison, like Baldwin.
Gutiérrez-Reid's lawyer also denied the allegations, insisting that her client had a fake bullet and that when she handed the gun to assistant director Dave Halls, she was not asked to check it one last time before using it. In addition, due to the "pandemic" at the time, she was not allowed to enter the filming location, in a makeshift wooden chapel.
Together, by the way, Halls has pleaded guilty to "negligent use of lethal weapons."
After the tragedy, Baldwin appeared very soulless, but also took the initiative to visit Hutchins' husband and son, and expressed his willingness to do anything for them, and was willing to cooperate with all investigations, and his attitude was very sincere.
Baldwin was sympathetic at the time, he was considered innocent, and even Hutchins' family understood the "tortured" him, believing that it was not his fault.
Hutchins and her family were pitiful, but since it was irreparable, she could only let life move on.
But soon after, Matthew, a widower, filed a lawsuit against Baldwin and others, saying their "reckless behavior and deliberate cost-cutting" led to Hutchins' death.
And the reason why Matthew's attitude has changed so much has a lot to do with Baldwin's performance afterwards.
As an actor who has been in Hollywood for decades, he quickly "cheered up" and said that he would continue to shoot the film. In addition, he also said during the investigation that he never pulled the trigger, and in a TV interview, he said in tears, "Someone is responsible for this matter, I can't say who, but it's not me." If I think I'm responsible, then I might kill myself."
After the interview aired, Baldwin also released a photo with his children, accompanied by a text showing love for his now-38-year-old wife, Hilaria Baldwin, saying: "... I only care about our life and that of my family, nothing else."
And Baldwin's series of actions and words angered Matthew, who was still in pain, "How is he irresponsible? ", he said in an interview.