Recharged with involuntary manslaughter over four months ago and having entered a not guilty plea not long afterward, Baldwin is also up against around half a dozen civil cases in California and New Mexico courts related to Rust and the horrible shooting .

Attorneys for Alec Baldwin have filed two new motions to dismiss New Mexico’s involuntary manslaughter case against the actor, stemming from an accidental shooting death of the set of the movie “Rust” in 2021.

Actor Alec Baldwin is seeking to get the indictment against him dismissed with prejudice, claiming that the “Rust” gun had been destroyed during testing. According to court documents obtained by The Blast,

Alec Baldwin's defense filed two new motions to dismiss his involuntary manslaughter charge. The actor was charged in connection with "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' death.