Alec Baldwin says he will ‘expose what really happened’ in ‘Rust’ shooting: ‘There’s more to come’

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“Fail Better” podcast on Monday and said he’s going to “expose what really happened” in the fatal “Rust” shooting. “I think there’s more to come,” Baldwin said. “There’s more to come, but the more to come is now my effort, and it’s going to be undeniably a successful effort, to raise and to expose what really happened.

I was counterpunching. I was on the defensive. I was being accused. I was being indicted.”“The mainstream press and tabloid press suppressed every story that could help me, and amplified every story that could hurt me,” the “30 Rock” star added.Baldwin fired a real gun mistakenly loaded with a live round in October 2021 on the set of “Rust” in New Mexico, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

The actor was charged with involuntary manslaughter. He faced a maximum of 18 months behind bars, but during his trial in July the judge tossed out the case and slammed prosecutors for withholding critical evidence from the defense.The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, is currently serving 18 months in prison.

She was accused of flouting standard safety protocols and missing multiple opportunities to detect forbidden live ammunition on set.On the podcast, Baldwin said that “the truth of what happened has never been told.”“We have more s–t that’s going to come out in ensuing legal filings and so forth,” he explained. “These last three years, people have just dined out.