Alec Baldwin will ultimately have to face justice. The American actor was once again charged with manslaughter after a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust in 2021, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation announced on Friday. If convicted, Baldwin faces an 18-month prison sentence.
The proceedings against him were formally dropped in April, in this case with multiple twists and turns, but the prosecution warned at the time that the actor was not exonerated and remained likely to be implicated again. .
At the time, the actor’s lawyers had cast doubt on the expertise of the Colt.45 from which the fatal shot had come. But two experts have since reconstructed the weapon, which was damaged during FBI testing. And according to Varietythey concluded that it was impossible for a bullet to have been fired without Alec Baldwin pulling the trigger.