Alec Baldwin wants to ‘expose what really happened’ during ‘Rust’ shooting
While the case was dismissed in July, Baldwin told fellow actor David Duchovny that “there is more to come” regarding what happened on that fateful October day in 2021.
Alec Baldwin seems to have information about the tragic shooting on the set of Rust from three years ago that has never been disclosed. He says he is preparing to “expose what really happened.”
Although the case was dismissed in July, Baldwin told fellow actor David Duchovny that “there is more to come” regarding the incident from October 2021.
“I think there’s more to come,” Baldwin shared during the December 16 episode of Duchovny’s Fail Better podcast. “There’s more to come, but the more to come is now my effort, and it’s going to be undeniably a successful effort, to raise and expose what really happened. I was counterpunching. I was on the defensive. I was being accused. I was being indicted.”
In October, a judge in New Mexico upheld the decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin in connection with the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the indie western film Rust.
At that time, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stated that the prosecution failed to present any factual or legal arguments to reverse her decision.
Baldwin, who was the lead actor and co-producer of Rust, was holding a prop gun aimed at Hutchins during a rehearsal when the revolver discharged, killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. Baldwin claimed he never pulled the trigger.
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, despite pleading not guilty, faced charges for evidence tampering and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
On the podcast, Baldwin expressed that mainstream media “suppressed every story” that could have helped clear his name, while “amplifying every story” intended to harm him.
Since his case was dismissed before reaching a full trial, Baldwin believes that much of the case remains unknown. He remarked, “These last three years, people have just dined out. Because in this country, when people hate you on that level, they want three things. They want you to die. The second thing is they want you to go to prison… These political crowds… love to see their enemies put in prison for years because prison is like a living hell. And the third thing is they want you cancelled, which is like being in prison or being dead, because you roam the earth and… you’re invisible.”
Despite the “cancellation” he’s faced following the shooting, Baldwin remains hopeful that things are turning in his favor.
“I do believe that by the communications I’ve had lately, that things are coming back my way to work, and I’m happy for that because I’ve got seven kids,” Baldwin said to Duchovny.
