Alec Baldwin‘s trial for the “Rust” shooting has been calendared — and it’s coming sooner than he might’ve expected … a date’s been set for mid-summer, and it’ll go for a week-plus.
Court proceedings for the actor’s manslaughter trial are scheduled to begin with jury selection, which will start on July 9. After that … the trial kicks off the next day on July 10, and New Mexico officials say he’ll be in the hot seat for the following 9 days.
The trial is expected to run through at least July 19 … and that doesn’t seem to factor deliberations afterward. All in all, Alec will be spending a good portion of his summer there in Santa Fe as prosecutors attempt to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was legally responsible for the death of Halyna Hutchins — which Alec has pled not guilty to, formally.
There’s gonna be a bunch of pretrial motions that’ll be heard in the months ahead of the trial date — and best believe Alec and his lawyers will be preparing their best defense.
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Mind you, the on-set armorer for the doomed film is currently on trial herself — and she, too, is being prosecuted on manslaughter charges. It remains to be seen how that’ll shake out.
As we reported … this is the 2nd time AB has been accused of manslaughter by the state — the first time around, they ended up dropping the charges … but in the months since, they’ve dug up more evidence that they believe implicates him in a crime and went after him anew.
A grand jury handed down another indictment against him earlier this year … a decision that many were expecting based on the way officials were talking about the case of late.
Alec has long insisted … he had no idea there was a live round in the gun he used during a rehearsal, and he’s also said clearly — making sure it was safe wasn’t his responsibility.
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We’ll see what evidence prosecutors have to make their case … this thing’s been dragging on for a long while now.