The ‘30 Rock’ actor is alleging he was wrongfully prosecuted over New Mexico shooting of Halyna Hutchins. Alec Baldwin has brought a lawsuit against the district attorney and other officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico alleging he was wrongfully prosecuted for manslaughter.
The 30 Rock actor, 66, stood trial last year over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Western movie Rust. The case against Baldwin dramatically collapsed in court and was eventually completely dropped. Baldwin has now filed a complaint, seen by The Independent, which accuses District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies and special prosecutor Kari Morrissey of a number of abuses, including eliciting false testimony and withholding evidence.
The complaint asserts that Morrissey “wanted to teach Baldwin ‘a lesson’ because she deemed him to be an ‘arrogant prick.’”. It goes on to state that: “Defendants must now be held accountable for their malicious and unlawful pursuit of Baldwin. Although no verdict in this civil case can undo the trauma the State’s threat of conviction and incarceration has inflicted, Alec Baldwin has filed this action to hold Defendants responsible for their appalling violations of the laws that governed their work.”.
In December, the case against Baldwin formally came to an end when Morrissey announced that she had withdrawn her appeal of an order that dismissed the case. “The state’s efforts to continue to litigate the case in a fair and comprehensive manner have been met with multiple barriers that have compromised its ability to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law,” Morrissey’s statement said.
