<p>Alec <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/alec-baldwin">Baldwin</a> on Thursday sued New Mexico prosecutors, sheriff's office officials and others, alleging malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the 2021 <em>Rust</em> shooting trial.</p><p>The lawsuit filed in a Santa Fe court follows the dramatic dismissal of Baldwin's case during his July manslaughter trial in the New Mexico capital.</p><p>A judge ruled the prosecutor and sheriff's office withheld evidence on the source of a live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.</p><p>Baldwin's action against prosecutor Kari Morrissey, Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office Corporal Alexandria Hancock and others is among at least a dozen civil lawsuits filed over Hutchins' death which shocked Hollywood and sparked calls for an overhaul of firearms safety on movie sets. Baldwin’s lawyers Luke Nikas and Heather LeBlanc demanded a jury trial to seek damages for malicious abuse of process, intentional spoliation of evidence and defamation, among other complaints.</p><p>Morrissey and the sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p>.US Supreme Court denies Trump's last-ditch effort to avoid sentencing in New York hush money case.<p>The Ukrainian cinematographer died when Baldwin pointed his pistol at her, cocked it and possibly pulled the trigger as they set up a camera shot on a movie set near Santa Fe, New Mexico, according to his lawyers.</p><p>The real gun, a reproduction 1873 Single Action Army revolver, fired a live round inadvertently loaded by Hannah Gutierrez, the movie's weapons handler. Gutierrez was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.</p>
<p>Alec <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/alec-baldwin">Baldwin</a> on Thursday sued New Mexico prosecutors, sheriff's office officials and others, alleging malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in the 2021 <em>Rust</em> shooting trial.</p><p>The lawsuit filed in a Santa Fe court follows the dramatic dismissal of Baldwin's case during his July manslaughter trial in the New Mexico capital.</p><p>A judge ruled the prosecutor and sheriff's office withheld evidence on the source of a live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.</p><p>Baldwin's action against prosecutor Kari Morrissey, Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office Corporal Alexandria Hancock and others is among at least a dozen civil lawsuits filed over Hutchins' death which shocked Hollywood and sparked calls for an overhaul of firearms safety on movie sets. Baldwin’s lawyers Luke Nikas and Heather LeBlanc demanded a jury trial to seek damages for malicious abuse of process, intentional spoliation of evidence and defamation, among other complaints.</p><p>Morrissey and the sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</p>.US Supreme Court denies Trump's last-ditch effort to avoid sentencing in New York hush money case.<p>The Ukrainian cinematographer died when Baldwin pointed his pistol at her, cocked it and possibly pulled the trigger as they set up a camera shot on a movie set near Santa Fe, New Mexico, according to his lawyers.</p><p>The real gun, a reproduction 1873 Single Action Army revolver, fired a live round inadvertently loaded by Hannah Gutierrez, the movie's weapons handler. Gutierrez was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.</p>