Fatal shooting on a film set: “They conspired against him”, Alec Baldwin sues the prosecutors in turn

Three years after the events, the legal squabble continues. While Alec Baldwin saw his trial for manslaughter canceled in the story of the fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust, the American actor decided to counterattack.

The charges against him definitively canceled for procedural defects since December, the 66-year-old star is now taking civil action against the prosecutors. According to him, they would have targeted him for professional or political reasons. Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit alleging “malicious prosecution” and “civil rights violations” against prosecutors handling the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

“They tried to make him the scapegoat”

As reported by The Guardian, the complaint was filed this Thursday in Santa Fe State District Court and targets special prosecutor Kari Morrissey, Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, as well as three investigators from the office from the Santa Fe County Sheriff.

The 66-year-old actor is also suing them for “defamation” over statements prosecutors made to the media that he said falsely implied he was responsible for Hutchins’ death. “Defendants sought at every turn to make Baldwin the scapegoat for the acts and omissions of others, without regard to evidence or the law,” the complaint states, accusing Carmack-Altwies and Morrissey of tampering with evidence. and having obtained false testimony. Baldwin is seeking unspecified damages.