Alec Baldwin has filed suit against Santa Fe County and the District Attorney’s office for malicious prosecution in the “Rust” case.
You can read the lawsuit here.
The 73 page lawsuit begins:
“For the better part of the last three years, however, Defendants … blinded by their desire to convict Alec Baldwin for all the wrong reasons, and at any cost, for the October 2021 accidental shooting of Halyna Hutchins. Defendants’ misconduct in their pursuit of Baldwin, and the trial judge’s condemnation of them, has already drawn world-wide attention. But this action is necessary to vindicate Baldwin’s rights and deter Defendantsfrom attempting to do this to anyone else.”
Baldwin’s lawyers then enumerate how the Santa Fe DA’s office pursued him several times in the October 2021 accidental death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
On July 31, 2024, the trial court dismissed with prejudice all charges against
Baldwin on the grounds that Defendants’ “egregious discovery violations,” “suppressed
evidence,” and “false testimony” deprived Baldwin of his constitutional right to a fair trial.
It reads:
“Because Defendants’ actions were motivated by evil motive or intent and involved
a reckless or callous indifference to Baldwin’s federally protected rights, an award of punitive damages is appropriate to the fullest extent permitted by law.”
Baldwin is demanding a jury trial. The lawsuit was filed by firms Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Le Blanc Law. By the time this is over, Baldwin is likely to own much of Santa Fe, if he wants it.
