I talked to an entertainment lawyer about the first indictment, and he suggested that that’s not the understood standard on Hollywood sets. Around the time of the first indictment, almost everyone in Hollywood said that an actor’s job is not to be a firearms or weapons expert. Could Baldwin’s defense make the case that whatever understanding there is about who’s supposed to know what about firearms in other circumstances, there’s a different understanding on a movie set?
A movie set is still governed by law of New Mexico, and there’s no exception to movie sets.
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26 January, 2024
A Legal Expert Explains Why Alec Baldwin Was Indicted by a Grand Jury for the Rust Shooting
https://slate.com/culture/2024/01/alec-baldwin-indicted-charged-manslaughter-rust-shooting-gun-halyna-hutchins.html?via=rss