Alec Baldwin's lawyer hit back after the actor was named as a "possible" defendant by the prosecution in the "Rust" shooting.
Halyna Hutchins died when a gun Baldwin was holding fired while practicing a shot for the film "Rust" on the New Mexico movie set on October 21.The group had been rehearsing in a small church on the set.
New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies named Baldwin specifically in her request for emergency funding to prosecute the case.The DA further claimed she anticipates prosecuting up to four people who were on the set at Bonanza Creek Ranch. "The ‘Rust’ prosecution could be potentially be prosecutions from one (1) to four (4) defendants," Carmack-Altwies wrote in paperwork filed for an emergency grant. "One of the possible defendants is well-known movie actor Alec Baldwin." However, a lawyer for Baldwin emphasized that the Santa Fe County Sheriff's report had not even been received by the district attorney yet, and encouraged media to give the DA's office "space to review" the forthcoming report "without unfounded speculation and innuendo." New Mexico prosecutors are still waiting on "key forensic" evidence before deciding on criminal charges from the fatal, on set shooting in October. (Getty Images) "Some media reports today draw false conclusions based on a letter from the Santa Fe Dist.
Attorney," Baldwin's lawyer Luke Nikas told Fox News Digital. "The DA has made clear that she has not received the sheriff's report or made any decisions about who, if anyone, might be charged in this case," the statement furthered.
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