Actor Alec Baldwin obtained the very best Christmas reward of all this yr: spending the vacation together with his spouse, Hilaria Baldwin, and his seven kids with out worrying about whether or not he can be going through jail time.
The “30 Rock” actor was going through 18 months behind bars attributable to an involuntary manslaughter cost stemming from the unintended taking pictures of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” in October 2021. Only some days earlier than Christmas, Santa Fe prosecutor Kari Morrissey dropped the felony expenses in opposition to him. A choose 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 staff.
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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, aside 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 had been nothing however optimistic as followers and mates wished her completely happy 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 wishes to return to fruition!” one fan commented. “Thanks for sharing your loved ones, your knowledge, and your kindness! You deliver a contented 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 had been additionally largely filled with vacation well-wishes as he shared a video of his son Edu consuming from a glass. The vacation shirt seems to be to be a special type than the one he was sporting within the group picture, though numerous kids might be seen sporting matching pajamas within the background of the video.
“Merry Christmas,” Alec wrote within the caption of the video.
Though a lot of the feedback wished the actor a Merry Christmas, one person appeared to take the actor to activity for his parenting abilities, writing, “I’d by no means let my children drink water with ice cubes, oh nicely.”
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Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Legal Case Is Lastly Over
“The Hunt For Pink October” actor’s authorized struggles are lastly over. Though he’s nonetheless going through a number of civil lawsuits from Halyna Hutchins’ household and different solid and crew members, he now not has to fret about going through jail time for the unintended 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 enchantment that she had filed on November 21 whereas making an attempt to revive the felony expenses in opposition to Baldwin that the choose had already dismissed.
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The press launch states that “The Particular Prosecutor supposed to pursue an enchantment of the dismissal, nonetheless, the Workplace of the Lawyer Normal notified the Particular Prosecutor that the Lawyer Normal didn’t intend to exhaustively pursue the enchantment on behalf of the prosecution.”
Particular Prosecutor Insisted She Needed Justice For Halyna Hutchins
The State insisted that it “strongly disagrees” with the courtroom’s choice to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter cost in opposition to Baldwin and denied concealing proof, which is what finally led to the costs being dismissed.
“This has at all times been about in search of justice for Halyna Hutchins,” Morrisey stated 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 loss of life of Halyna Hutchins and as we withdraw the enchantment, we achieve this with the hope that the excellent lawsuits deliver 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 staff stated, “Yesterday’s choice to dismiss the enchantment is the ultimate vindication of what Alec Baldwin and his attorneys have stated 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” received 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 is not over till it is over, and it isn’t over but,” Allred stated. “Though the lawyer common of New Mexico, Raúl Torrez, is the Grinch who stole this Christmas, we’ll work to make sure that a future Christmas can be with out this Grinch.”
