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Alec Baldwin lawsuit tied to 'Rust' prosecution hits legal snag
Headline from KRQE Albuquerque
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's a major blow to actor Alec Baldwin's lawsuit against prosecutors, tied to the deadly 2021 Santa Fe film set shooting. Baldwin claims he was maliciously prosecuted when the state charged him with manslaughter.
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A federal judge on Wednesday threw out much of Alec Baldwin’s civil rights lawsuit against prosecutors in the “Rust” case, finding they are entitled to prosecutorial immunity. Baldwin sued last year, alleging he was the victim of an out-of-control prosecution that wrongly sought to convict him for t…
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's a major blow to actor Alec Baldwin's lawsuit against prosecutors, tied to the deadly 2021 Santa Fe film set shooting. Baldwin claims he was maliciously prosecuted when the state charged him with manslaughter.
The court said that Santa Fe officials are shielded by prosecutorial immunity, though it nodded to potentially "gross misconduct" across the criminal case.
