‘Rust’ Good Samaritan on How Alec Baldwin Trial Unraveled: ‘It Blew Up. It Was Hilarious to Watch’
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Troy Teske didn’t expect much when he walked into the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office in March to turn over some bullets.
But a few months later, he would become a critical supporting player in the Alec Baldwin trial — the “Good Samaritan” whose evidence would unravel the case. “It blew up.
It was hilarious to watch,” says Teske, a retired cop from Bullhead City, Az., in his first interview about the case. Baldwin was accused of negligently shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.” In a dramatic scene at Baldwin’s manslaughter trial in July, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer examined Teske’s bullets in open court, finding three that matched the live bullets found on set, including the fatal round.
The bullets were legally significant because they had not been shared with the defense. That was enough for the judge to dismiss the case, finding that Baldwin had been deprived of a fair trial.
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