Actor Alec Baldwin received the very best Christmas present of all this 12 months: spending the vacation together with his spouse, Hilaria Baldwin, and his seven youngsters with out worrying about whether or not he might be dealing with jail time.
The “30 Rock” actor was dealing with 18 months behind bars as a result of an involuntary manslaughter cost stemming from the unintentional taking pictures of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” in October 2021. Just a few days earlier than Christmas, Santa Fe prosecutor Kari Morrissey dropped the felony fees in opposition to him. A decide had dismissed the costs in July with prejudice after figuring out that the prosecution had failed to show over related proof to the actor’s protection workforce.
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Alec Baldwin Stands Out As Youngsters, Spouse Put on Matching PJs For Christmas
On Christmas day, his spouse, Hilaria Baldwin, shared a photograph of the household gathered across the Christmas tree. The entire household is sporting matching red-and-black festive pajamas, apart from Alec, who’s barefoot as he sits in a black long-sleeve shirt and black slacks.
“Merry Christmas and far like to you all. Mucho amor…feliz Navidad,” Hilaria wrote within the caption together with a purple coronary heart emoji. The previous yoga teacher has monitored feedback on her Instagram web page for the reason that “Rust” taking pictures occurred over three years in the past, which meant that the feedback have been nothing however optimistic as followers and buddies wished her glad holidays.
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“Merry Christmas to all of you! Wishing for 2025 to be full of abundance, peace, and happiness and for all of your needs to return to fruition!” one fan commented. “Thanks for sharing your loved ones, your knowledge, and your kindness! You convey a cheerful positivity to this world!”
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Alec Shares His Personal Christmas Video On Instagram
Though the “Supercell” actor doesn’t monitor feedback on his Instagram web page, the feedback have been additionally largely filled with vacation well-wishes as he shared a video of his son Edu consuming from a glass. The vacation shirt appears to be like to be a distinct fashion than the one he was sporting within the group picture, though varied youngsters could be seen sporting matching pajamas within the background of the video.
“Merry Christmas,” Alec wrote within the caption of the video.
Though many of the feedback wished the actor a Merry Christmas, one person appeared to take the actor to process for his parenting abilities, writing, “I’d by no means let my youngsters drink water with ice cubes, oh effectively.”
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Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Legal Case Is Lastly Over
“The Hunt For Crimson October” actor’s authorized struggles are lastly over. Though he’s nonetheless dealing with a number of civil lawsuits from Halyna Hutchins’ household and different forged and crew members, he now not has to fret about dealing with jail time for the unintentional deadly taking pictures of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie in October 2021.
On December 23, a press release confirmed that particular prosecutor Kari Morrissey had dropped the discover of attraction that she had filed on November 21 whereas making an attempt to revive the felony fees in opposition to Baldwin that the decide had already dismissed.
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The press launch states that “The Particular Prosecutor meant to pursue an attraction of the dismissal, nonetheless, the Workplace of the Legal professional Normal notified the Particular Prosecutor that the Legal professional Normal didn’t intend to exhaustively pursue the attraction on behalf of the prosecution.”
Particular Prosecutor Insisted She Needed Justice For Halyna Hutchins
The State insisted that it “strongly disagrees” with the court docket’s choice to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter cost in opposition to Baldwin and denied concealing proof, which is what in the end led to the costs being dismissed.
“This has all the time been about in search of justice for Halyna Hutchins,” Morrisey mentioned in a press release, per the discharge. “We remorse that Mr. Baldwin is not going to be held accountable for the position he performed within the demise of Halyna Hutchins and as we withdraw the attraction, we achieve this with the hope that the excellent lawsuits convey some measure of justice to the household of Halyna Hutchins.”
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In their very own assertion launched on Christmas Eve, Baldwin’s authorized workforce mentioned, “Yesterday’s choice to dismiss the attraction is the ultimate vindication of what Alec Baldwin and his attorneys have mentioned from the start – this was an unspeakable tragedy however Alec Baldwin dedicated no crime. The rule of legislation stays intact in New Mexico.”
Halyna Hutchins’ Household Speaks Out
On Christmas Eve, lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ mom, father, and sister in a civil lawsuit in opposition to Alec Baldwin and different “Rust” producers, launched a press release insisting that no justice was served and that “The Grinch” gained this Christmas.
“There was no justice as a result of a jury could not hear the proof,” Allred said at a news conference held in Los Angeles, insisting that Baldwin “was accountable, and he’s accountable.”
“It isn’t over till it is over, and it isn’t over but,” Allred mentioned. “Though the lawyer common of New Mexico, Raúl Torrez, is the Grinch who stole this Christmas, we are going to work to make sure that a future Christmas might be with out this Grinch.”
