The truth will set him free.
Alec Baldwin appeared on David Duchovny’s “Fail Better” podcast on Monday and said he’s going to “expose what really happened” in the fatal “Rust” shooting.
“I think there’s more to come,” Baldwin said. “There’s more to come, but the more to come is now my effort, and it’s going to be undeniably a successful effort, to raise and to expose what really happened. I was counterpunching. I was on the defensive. I was being accused. I was being indicted.”
“The mainstream press and tabloid press suppressed every story that could help me, and amplified every story that could hurt me,” the “30 Rock” star added.
Baldwin fired a real gun mistakenly loaded with a live round in October 2021 on the set of “Rust” in New Mexico, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
The actor was charged with involuntary manslaughter. He faced a maximum of 18 months behind bars, but during his trial in July the judge tossed out the case and slammed prosecutors for withholding critical evidence from the defense.
The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, is currently serving 18 months in prison. She was accused of flouting standard safety protocols and missing multiple opportunities to detect forbidden live ammunition on set.
On the podcast, Baldwin said that “the truth of what happened has never been told.”
“We have more s–t that’s going to come out in ensuing legal filings and so forth,” he explained. “These last three years, people have just dined out. Because in this country, when people hate you on that level, they want three things. They want you to die. The second thing is they want you to go to prison. And the third thing is they want you canceled, which is like being in prison or being dead because you roam the earth and you’re invisible.”
However, Baldwin said that things are looking up for him in the aftermath of the trial ending prematurely in his favor.
“I do believe that, by the communications I’ve had lately, things are coming back my way to work,” he shared. “I’m happy about that because I’ve got seven kids.”
“But I’ve also enjoyed the fact that there’s so much of this case that is not known because we didn’t have a full trial,” Baldwin noted. “The judge canceled the case, she ruled it was dismissed with prejudice, which I’m very grateful for because it was a very informed decision on her part. But if I had gone all the way and gotten a verdict, that’s a little bit better. We would’ve presented so much more. All that doesn’t get presented because the case is over.”
Weeks after the case against Baldwin was thrown out, special prosecutor Kari Morrissey asked the judge to reconsider her decision, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin’s due process rights had not been violated.
The judge ultimately denied the prosector’s request to go after Baldwin again in a ruling in October.
Morrissey told Variety she plans to appeal to a higher court.
