{"id":2291842,"date":"2024-07-10T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-experts-accuse-alec-baldwin-of-using-wife-and-baby-for-courthouse-stunt-that-might-have-backfired\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T11:15:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:15:45","slug":"legal-experts-accuse-alec-baldwin-of-using-wife-and-baby-for-courthouse-stunt-that-might-have-backfired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legal-experts-accuse-alec-baldwin-of-using-wife-and-baby-for-courthouse-stunt-that-might-have-backfired\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Experts Accuse Alec Baldwin of Using Wife and Baby for Courthouse &#8216;Stunt&#8217; That Might Have Backfired"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Flegal-experts-accuse-alec-baldwin-of-using-wife-and-baby-for-courthouse-stunt-that-might-have-backfired%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=2291842&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>On\u200c July 10, 2024, actor Alec Baldwin arrived at a New Mexico \u2064courthouse for \u200bjury selection in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-trial-experts-warn-about-this-ominous-sign-for-actor\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin Faces Ominous Sign in &#039;Rust&#039; Shooting Trial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-and-hilaria-baldwin-are-getting-their-own-reality-show\/\" title=\"Alec and Hilaria Baldwin to Star in Their Own Reality Show\">involuntary manslaughter trial<\/a> related<\/a> to the fatal shooting\u200c on \u2064the set of his film &#8220;Rust.&#8221; Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger on the \u200bgun that killed a cinematographer and wounded a director. His wife, Hilaria Baldwin, also made headlines when \u200cshe brought their baby to court, a move that backfired and was criticized\u2062 as a publicity stunt. \u2063Legal experts and \u2063commentators noted that \u200bthe attempt \u200dto humanize Baldwin \u200cthrough this \u2064act may not \u2063have achieved \u200dthe desired effect. The trial is ongoing, with\u2062 opening statements \u200cscheduled for the following day.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 10, 2024 at 7:02am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>It was showtime outside of a New Mexico courthouse on Tuesday when actor Alec Baldwin arrived for jury selection in his involuntary manslaughter trial, but many gave the performance a thumbs down.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, on the set of his film \u201cRust,\u201d Baldwin fired the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. He has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Baldwin has said publicly he never pulled the trigger on the gun.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rust-armorer-given-maximum-sentence-calling-jurors-idiots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">armorer<\/a>, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a live round being in a gun that should not have had real ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bad-news-alec-baldwin-conviction-rust-armorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baldwin<\/a> and his wife, Hilaria, arrived at the Santa Fe courthouse where the trial is being held in separate vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Hilaria Baldwin exited the vehicle in which she arrived, showed her baby to the assembled media, and then handed off the infant to a nanny who left as she went into court with her husband.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlecBaldwin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AlecBaldwin<\/a> arrives at court for jury selection with his lawyers and wife Hilaria Baldwin and baby. The baby cried when Hilaria gave the baby to the nanny. Neither answered my Q\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LawCrimeNetwork?\">@LawCrimeNetwork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHcnyd9mc5\">pic.twitter.com\/mHcnyd9mc5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angenette Levy (@Angenette5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Angenette5\/status\/1810680770689962019?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Writing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emilypostnews.com\/p\/alec-baldwins-wife-and-crying-baby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EmilyPostsNews<\/a>, Emily Miller said the stunt \u201cbackfired badly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By heading into court as the baby was crying, she wrote, \u201cThey left the impression of uncaring parents who used their child as a prop. The stunt was a failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alec Baldwin\u2019s Wife Hilaria And Crying Baby at Santa Fe Manslaughter Trial\u2013 Their Publicity Stunt Backfires. Read my story in the comments. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xU7Tc6L2up\">pic.twitter.com\/xU7Tc6L2up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 emily miller (@emilymiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilymiller\/status\/1810732283185484282?\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others said the attempt to make the actor seem more human was not successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bringing of the child is unusual because it\u2019s not really a great place for a child,\u201d divorce attorney Christopher Melcher told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-trial-wife-baby-tow-attempt-strategic-move-expert-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cAnd you\u2019ve got to think, if they have care with a nanny, why bring the child other than for show?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although images of the couple and child spread online, Melcher said the reaction to them might not be as warm and fuzzy as Baldwin wanted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s many people who have to go to court, and they have no child care, and they\u2019re stuck bringing their kid to court,\u201d he said. \u201cThat happens quite often.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, you know, this is not the situation with the Baldwins. They could have afforded child care. A courthouse is not really a place for a child. So, it does seem to be strategic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico-based attorney Elizabeth Bunker noted that it is an accepted strategy to \u201chumanize someone that\u2019s on trial, to show that they\u2019re more than this incident that\u2019s under a microscope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But she said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-court-filing-details-alec-baldwins-wild-set-behavior-prosecutors-say-contributed-cinematographers-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too much showbiz<\/a> ruins the effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the flip side, doing too much empathy-garnering can backfire,\u201d Bunker said. \u201cIf there\u2019s any sense of desperation, my experience is that, naturally, jurors will reject anything inauthentic and too performance-like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York-based lawyer Mark Bederow said indulging in performance art is a risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you have the baby come out of the SUV just to hand the baby off as though it\u2019s a prop? It could be perceived as a contrived way to garner public support and positive coverage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/watch-live-alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-trial-opening-arguments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, opening statements in the trial were scheduled for Wednesday after jury selection was completed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. 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Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Alec Baldwin arrived at a New Mexico courthouse for jury selection in his involuntary manslaughter trial, stemming from an incident on the set of his film &#8220;Rust&#8221; in October 2021. Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger of the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. His wife, Hilaria, brought their baby to court, which some criticized as a publicity stunt. Legal experts noted that while it is common to humanize someone on trial, overdoing it can backfire. 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