Alec Baldwin Walks

[mthor]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alec-baldwin-rust-case-suddenly-dismissed-over-withheld-evidence-its-a-complete-embarrassment-to-the-prosecutors-expert-says-192022322.html

[1pooh4u]

Yup case dismissed.  at the end of the day $$ and the fact that it was another’s responsibility to  make sure the gun was safe, that got him off. 
 

 

[mthor]

26 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

Yup case dismissed.  at the end of the day $$ and the fact that it was another’s responsibility to  make sure the gun was safe, that got him off. 
 

 

Enough money for a law team good enough to find out that the prosecutor and police screwed up. 

Let the civil suits begin!

Edited July 13, 2024 by mthor

[scoobdog]

It was overreach from the beginning.  This should have been handled in civil court where Baldwin’s role as a producer could be litigated, and he does have civil liability for not maintaining a safe workplace.

[tsar4]

7 hours ago, scoobdog said:

It was overreach from the beginning.  This should have been handled in civil court where Baldwin’s role as a producer could be litigated, and he does have civil liability for not maintaining a safe workplace.

He was also responsible for hiring someone who should not have been in the position she was in.

[Jman]

Given it was Arizona, I wouldn't be surprised if the prosecutor was some GOP sycophant who wanted to jail Baldwin as revenge for all those insults to Der Furher.    Either way, they screwed up badly on a technicality, and a good lawyer would have spotted the thread a mile away.

[scoobdog]

4 hours ago, tsar4 said:

He was also responsible for hiring someone who should not have been in the position she was in.

Was she directly hired by Baldwin?  I kind of think that would have been a more important point in his prosecution.

[lupin_bebop]

I figured this would happen. The thing they could get him on was negligent homicide. Even then, it was going to be a flimsy case.

There IS a difference between criminal charges and civil charges here.
Baldwin's civil charges might stick, on account of maybe...MAYBE not maintaining safe workplace standards as a producer. Even then, it's a stretch that things would be concrete. Given all the moving parts (and the fact that the Props and Effects Departments that control them) here, I could possibly see one or some of the crew being held responsible, but that's partially due to money being a factor. Even if it wasn't, they would have to be the ones you'd be pointing the finger at.

I DO understand the impulse to pin Baldwin for it, but it wasn't going to work from the jump, in my opinion.

Edited July 16, 2024 by lupin_bebop

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