Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter case in Santa Fe was dismissed earlier today. The grounds were that the overzealous prosecutor, determined to make Baldwin suffer because he’s movie star and from New York, didn’t share evidence with defense attorneys.
Luckily, the judge got the picture.
The whole thing sounds like a movie, doesn’t it? “My Cousin Vinny” was about crackerjacks in a small Southern town trying to make an example of New Yorkers. And you know what happened there: Marisa Tomei got an Oscar.
Alec Baldwin is a lightning rod figure. He has a short temper that’s gotten him in trouble a lot in New York. But we get it, we can take it. The people in Santa Fe showed their true colors, their lack of sophistication, and their unfounded desire to make a point. They lose.
Good for Alec. Some time ago, Baldwin’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, told a friend of mine he was going to get Baldwin off. “It’s definitely happening,” they said. I was skeptical because Hannah Gutierrez Reed was sent to jail, and every time Spiro tried to get the case dismissed, he failed.
But that’s a good lawyer. Spiro must have known this was going to be the result if he was just patient. I hope they sue the city of Santa Fe. They put the Baldwins — who were already mourning the death of Halyna Hutchins — through all this for nothing.
Of course, this a great plot twist for the Baldwins’ reality show, currently filming.
JUST IN: Alec Baldwin has been cleared in his Rust case as the judge DISMISSES his case due to the prosecution withholding evidence.
The judge claimed prosecutors kept evidence about ammunition related to the case secret from defense lawyers.
This is the big part:
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