The actor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust in 2021.
The second day of testimony is underway in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin, nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the set of Rust.
He has pleaded not guilty and claimed the gun, which was being used as a prop, fired accidentally after he followed instructions to point it at Hutchins, who was behind the camera. In opening statements on Wednesday, prosecutors accused the actor of playing “make-believe with a real gun,” while the defence team said the gun was deemed “cold,” meaning it had been checked and was safe.The trial continued on Thursday, with defence attorney Alex Spiro arguing that the live ammunition casings found on the set were hard to distinguish from dummy ones.
Mr Spiro continues to press her, asking, “Doesn’t that Seth Kenney round look exactly like the live round?”Mr Spiro asks Ms Poppell again to look at the two shell casings and inquires if they looked “a lot alike.”Mr Spiro pushes back, “But you’re a trained investigator, right?” also asking, “You have no reason to think that anybody on the set of ‘Rust’ was able to do that, do you?”A photo is displayed on a screen during Alec Baldwin's manslaughter as the defence team probe a witness.
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