{"id":2164529,"date":"2024-01-31T21:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T02:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-enters-not-guilty-plea-to-involuntary-manslaughter-charges-in-rust-shooting\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T21:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T02:29:37","slug":"alec-baldwin-enters-not-guilty-plea-to-involuntary-manslaughter-charges-in-rust-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-enters-not-guilty-plea-to-involuntary-manslaughter-charges-in-rust-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to &#8216;Rust&#8217; shooting manslaughter charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falec-baldwin-enters-not-guilty-plea-to-involuntary-manslaughter-charges-in-rust-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2164529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Angela Weiss \u2064\/ AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP\u2062 via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Elizabeth Volberding<\/h2>\n<p><strong>6:22 PM \u2013 Wednesday, January 31, \u20622024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actor \u200dAlec \u200cBaldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter\u2062 charges in regards to\u200d the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins\u2064 on the set of \u200cthe \u200cupcoming movie <em>Rust<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In a court document filed on\u200c Wednesday, Baldwin, 65, gave up his right to an arraignment that was set for \u2062this Thursday when he entered the plea.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents state \u200cthat the \u2063actor is subject to\u200c a number of\u200d restrictions under the\u200d terms of his\u200c release, including a \u2063ban from owning firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old actor was charged\u2063 with involuntary manslaughter in January by\u200b a \u2063grand jury. If he is\u200c found guilty, the charge is a\u2063 fourth-degree \u200cfelony \u2064carrying a maximum\u200b 18-month prison\u200b sentence.\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>On \u200cJanuary 19<sup>th<\/sup>,\u200c a grand jury \u200cin Santa Fe, New Mexico, indicted Baldwin for the 2021 on-set filming. <\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, Hutchins was shot and\u2064 killed by a .45 bullet \u200dthat Baldwin was\u200b aiming at her with\u2062 an antique six-shooter during the filming of \u200dthe upcoming film <em>Rust<\/em>.\u200d <\/p>\n<p>While practicing\u200b a cross-draw\u200b on the Santa\u2062 Fe movie set, Baldwin \u2063struck 42-year-old Hutchins. \u2063Joel Souza, the director, also sustained a non-life-threatening \u200dinjury.<\/p>\n<p>However, Baldwin, who not\u2062 only\u2062 played a\u2064 role in the film\u200d and was also\u200c an executive producer, asserted that he \u201cnever pulled \u2062the trigger.\u201d However, the FBI\u200b later concluded that the revolver needed to have\u2062 the trigger pulled in order \u200dfor it to fire. <\/p>\n<p>The Santa Fe District Attorney \u2064had previously charged Baldwin in January 2022 \u200bfor the same \u2062offense. He \u200dentered\u2064 a \u200bnot guilty plea at that time as well,\u2063 but the case eventually collapsed, and\u2062 the charges were withdrawn in April\u2062 of that year after the\u200b court decided that additional testing on \u200cthe gun that\u2063 killed \u2064Hutchins was necessary. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the\u200d district attorney was transparent that it\u2064 was a conclusion to the case at the time and approaching charges could eventually come.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, a 27-year-old <em>Rust<\/em> armorer who managed\u200b the weapons on the film\u200c set, \u200chas\u2062 also \u2064been charged with\u2064 similar offenses by prosecutors \u2064and is\u200d awaiting trial after entering a not guilty plea. <\/p>\n<p>If found guilty,\u200c Baldwin \u2062could \u200cspend 18 months behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>The filming of <em>Rust <\/em>was\u2064 temporarily suspended after the controversial firearms shooting tragedy. However, in April of last year, filming resumed.\u2062 The film concluded in May 2023 and \u200chas yet to be \u200breleased \u200binto movie theaters. <\/p>\n<p>Stay\u2062 informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200c\t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>D.A. \u2064Fani Willis may have fired staffer who Fulton County D.A. 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As\u200c part of \u200bhis release, the actor is bound by several restrictions, including a \u2064ban on owning\u200b firearms.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Baldwin was\u2064 indicted on\u2062 charges of involuntary manslaughter by\u200b a \u2063grand\u200c jury. If convicted, this charge carries \u2062a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison, classified as a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-expert-weighs-in-on-alec-baldwin-shooting-incident-discusses-potential-prison-time-co-producer-role\/\" title=\"Legal Expert Weighs In On Alec Baldwin Shooting Incident; Discusses Potential Prison Time, Co-Producer Role\">fourth-degree felony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on October 2021 when Baldwin fired a .45 bullet at Hutchins while aiming with an \u2064antique six-shooter during the\u200c filming of &#8220;Rust.&#8221; Hutchins tragically lost her life, and director Joel Souza also sustained an injury. Baldwin, who played a\u200b role in the film and\u2064 served as an executive producer, maintained\u2064 that he &#8220;never pulled the trigger.&#8221; However, the FBI&#8217;s investigation \u2062concluded that the revolver required the trigger to be pulled\u200c to\u200c fire.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2022, the Santa Fe District Attorney had previously\u2063 charged Baldwin\u2064 with the\u200c same offense. He entered \u200ba not\u200d guilty \u2064plea at \u200bthe time, but\u200d the case \u2064collapsed, and the \u2064charges were withdrawn in April of that year due to the need \u2062for \u200cadditional testing on the gun involved in Hutchins&#8217; death. The district attorney suggested that future charges remained a \u2063possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Gutierrez-Reed,\u200d the 27-year-old armorer responsible for managing the weapons on the set of\u2063 &#8220;Rust,&#8221; has\u200d also been charged with similar \u200doffenses and is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d filming \u200bof \u200c&#8221;Rust&#8221; was momentarily halted following the tragic shooting incident. However, production resumed in April \u2063of the following year, and the\u200c film wrapped up in May 2023. The release \u2064date \u200cfor the\u2063 movie \u2064is yet \u200bto be\u2063 announced.<\/p>\n<p>Note: \u2063The article has been written based \u200bon the \u2062given content, which includes html\u200c tags\u200c that may be present due to\u200c copying the content from an online source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plea entered on Wednesday, Baldwin maintains his innocence in the accidental shooting that resulted in Hutchins&#8217; death. 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