In the latest episode of Fail betterDavid Duchovnys In the original podcast, Alec Baldwin talks about the on-set shooting that derailed his career and left him facing possible prison time while on trial for involuntary manslaughter, sharing new information with the host and his fellow actor, that would have exonerated him would have been revealed in court if the case had not been dismissed at the last second.
The tragedy occurred on the set of the western indie film in New Mexico rust on October 21, 2021, when Baldwin fired a prop firearm containing a live cartridge, killing the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. Baldwin has maintained that he did not pull the trigger on the gun that killed the cameraman when it fired. The actor and rust Gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez-Reed pleaded not guilty to the initial charges, but the young gunsmith was later charged with evidence tampering and subsequently sentenced to 18 months in prison after a trial for involuntary manslaughter.
Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter charge was dropped “without prejudice,” but a year later a grand jury reindicted Baldwin on that charge after reinvestigating the shooting. The latest twist for the actor came when Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed his involuntary manslaughter case in July. Baldwin's lawyers said prosecutors and Santa Fe sheriff's deputies concealed evidence from the actor that surfaced in March after Gutierrez-Reed's trial; Baldwin wept openly in court as the case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning he cannot be tried again for the shooting.
“I think there’s more to come,” Baldwin told Duchovny during her revealing and in-depth interview. “There is more to come, but all the more I must do now, and it will undeniably be a successful attempt to uncover and expose what really happened.” I countered. I was on the defensive. I was blamed. I was charged.”
While giving his perspective on the ordeal he endured over the past three years, Baldwin further claimed that the mainstream and tabloid press “suppressed every story” that looked favorable to him and “amplified every story that favored him.” could cause harm over the course of three years.” Years since the tragic on-set shooting.
“The truth about what happened was never told, ever. We have more shit that will come to light in subsequent court filings, and so on… For the last three years, people have only eaten out. Because when people in this country hate you on this level, they want three things. They want you to die,” he added.
Baldwin then told Duchovny that his enemies were determined to put him in prison for the shooting and to see him “cancelled,” which he compared to being in prison “or dead from wandering the earth and being invisible.” Still, Baldwin was optimistic about his career prospects after the judge's surprise decision to dismiss the case.
“Based on the communication I've received recently, I'm confident I'll be fine heading into work, and I'm happy about that because I have seven children,” he said. “But I also enjoyed the fact that so much of this case is unknown because we didn’t have a full trial.”
The Emmy winner called Judge Sommer's firing a “very informed decision” but lamented that there was no jury trial. A jury of his peers looking at the facts surrounding the shooting and finding him not guilty would be “a little better” because all the facts would have to be presented to the jury. The evidence includes “a plethora of things to illustrate this.” [prosecutors] did.” It's unclear what exactly Baldwin is referring to at this moment in the interview.
The three-year ordeal appears to have exhausted Baldwin.
“I’m taking a break,” he said, closing the topic. I don't want to talk about it for a while. I want to take a nap, so to speak.”
