Judge denies Alec Baldwin's bid to dismiss charge in deadly 'Rust' shooting

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Alec Baldwin was indicted by a grand jury on involuntary manslaughter in the 'Rust' shooting earlier this year, after prosecutors previously dropped the charge.

Alec Baldwin was indicted by a grand jury on involuntary manslaughter in the "Rust" shooting earlier this year, after prosecutors previously dropped the charge.Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer found that the prosecutors did not act in "bad faith" to secure a grand jury indictment, as was alleged in the motion.The actor was practicing a cross-draw in a church on the set of the Western film when the Colt .

"I didn't hide any information from the grand jury," she said. "My intention, since we're talking about bad faith, was to ensure that the grand jury got information that was accurate and reliable."In the defense's filing, his attorneys accused prosecutors of "unethical disparagement" of Baldwin and of "violating nearly every rule in the book" to secure a grand jury indictment.

In a response filed in April, prosecutors claimed Baldwin missed concerns about the film's armorer and "compromised safety" on the set by demanding the crew and Gutierrez work faster.

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