'Rust' star Alec Baldwin admits to extreme past drug use: ‘Cocaine was like coffee back then’

Alec Baldwin opened up about his past drug use in a candid conversation with Paul Anka and Skip Bronson. Baldwin, 66, revealed he used cocaine 'every day' for two years as the drug was 'like coffee back then.' 'I don't discuss this a lot,' Baldwin said when asked about his drinking habits during an appearance on 'Our Way with Paul Anka and Skip Bronson.' 'I discuss it every now and then when it makes sense. I'm 39 years sober. I got sober Feb.

had a white-hot problem every day for two years,' he told Anka and Bronson. 'I think I snorted a line of cocaine from here to Saturn.' 'I mean, cocaine was like coffee back then,' Baldwin explained. 'Everybody was doing it all day long.' 'Because I stopped doing drugs, my drinking increased, which they tell you is going to happen. And that did happen. I just started drinking.

Baldwin is gearing up to head to court over the fatal 'Rust' shooting nearly three years after the death of Halyna Hutchins. The cinematographer was shot on the Bonanza Creek film set on Oct. 21, 2021, after a gun Baldwin was holding discharged. The movie's armorer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on March 6 and Hannah Gutierrez Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison on April 15. Jury selection in Baldwin's trial will begin on July 9, according to New Mexico Courts.

Just over two months before Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial is set to begin, one of the three special prosecutors has withdrawn from the 'Rust' case. Jason A. Lewis, who also prosecuted Gutierrez Reed's case, submitted a motion to withdraw from Baldwin's case, which went unopposed by Baldwin's legal team. Lewis' official withdrawal from Baldwin's case came shortly after the prosecution added Erlinda Johnson to the roster.

Baldwin's team has filed to have his indictment dismissed. Baldwin was indicted on counts of involuntary manslaughter, negligent use of a firearm or, in the alternative, involuntary manslaughter without due caution or circumspection – on Jan. 19. Baldwin's motion to dismiss argued that the prosecution had acted unethically and failed to present crucial evidence to a grand jury. 'Enough is enough,' the court documents stated.

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