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New Mexico fines ‘Rust’ for willful gun safety failures
New Mexico fines ‘Rust’ for willful gun safety failures

New Mexico workplace safety regulators on Wednesday issued the maximum possible fine against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set of “Rust” where a cinematographer was fatally shot in October 2021 by actor and producer Alec Baldwin. More

April 20, 2022

Alec Baldwin wants Wyoming defamation lawsuit dismissed
Alec Baldwin wants Wyoming defamation lawsuit dismissed

Alec Baldwin is asking a federal judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by a Wyoming woman who said she received hateful social media messages after the actor shared on social media a photo she posted of demonstrators at former President Donald Trump's rally in January 2021 and made a political comment. More

April 5, 2022

Woman gets probation for DUI crash that killed 5-year-old
Woman gets probation for DUI crash that killed 5-year-old

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman who pleaded guilty to being drunk when she caused a crash that killed her 5-year-old daughter has been sentenced to three years’ probation. Nory Lam was sentenced last week after pleading guilty in January to involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence, television station KSNW reported. Police investigators […] More

March 29, 2022

Alec Baldwin sued for defamation by family of slain Marine
Alec Baldwin sued for defamation by family of slain Marine

The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin, alleging the actor exposed them to a flood of social media hatred by claiming on Instagram that one sister was an "insurrectionist" for attending former President Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., rally on Jan. 6 last year. More

January 19, 2022

New Mexico authorities issue warrant for Baldwin’s phone
New Mexico authorities issue warrant for Baldwin’s phone

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday issued a search warrant for Alec Baldwin’s cell phone, saying it could hold evidence that might be helpful as they investigate a deadly shooting on a New Mexico film set that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director. Baldwin was holding a revolver during rehearsal when it […] More

December 16, 2021

Lawyer backs up Baldwin’s assertion he didn’t pull trigger
Lawyer backs up Baldwin’s assertion he didn’t pull trigger

NEW YORK (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer, backs up the actor’s assertion that he did not pull the trigger. Lisa Torraco, a lawyer for assistant director David Halls, told ABC News that her client has always […] More

December 2, 2021

Investigators track ammunition in fatal filmset shooting
Investigators track ammunition in fatal filmset shooting

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities pursued new leads Tuesday on possible sources of live ammunition involved in actor Alec Baldwin's fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of a western movie, as they searched the premises of an Albuquerque-based firearms and ammunition supplier. More

November 30, 2021

Potential legal woes mount after ‘Rust’ shooting tragedy
Potential legal woes mount after ‘Rust’ shooting tragedy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin the actor, who pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming “Rust” in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director, likely won’t be held criminally or civilly liable for the tragedy.   But Alec Baldwin the producer might be, along with several others in […] More

October 26, 2021