Alec Baldwin He told a New Mexico prosecutor and sheriff he might sue them after it was revealed they hid evidence from his defense team during a failed attempt to prosecute him for the fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust.”

Judge from New Mexico dropped manslaughter charges against Baldwin last Friday. on the third day of his trial, agreeing with his lawyers, who argued that prosecutor Kari Morrissey and the commissioner’s office concealed evidence about the origin of the bullet that killed “Rust” filmmaker Galina Hutchins in 2021.

Baldwin’s attorneys sent letters to Morrissey and Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza dated Monday. ask them to keep the documents for future litigation, according to copies of letters seen Reuters.

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Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that he received the letter from Baldwin’s legal team, but declined to comment further Wednesday. Morrissey did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hutchins died when Baldwin pointed a gun at him. During filming near Santa Fe, a gun accidentally fired a loaded bullet into the head of the film’s production, Hannah Gutierrez, who was convicted of manslaughter in March.

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Gutierrez, who He is serving an 18-month prison sentence.filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss the charges because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence of the bullets: an examination of Baldwin’s gun by firearms expert Lucien Haag and an interview with the film’s prop supplier Seth Kenney. (RTS)