Peter Ziegler of Ziegler Management Group, New York, is now handling East Coast sales for Bruce Dowad Associates, Los Angeles….Maria Stenz and Michelle Stuart of Stenz and Company, New York, are handling East Coast sales for Free Market Films, New York….Angelina Powers has joined Convergence, New York, as director of sales and marketing. She will be repping the editorial facility nationally….Cinematographer Paul Cameron, a client in the commercial/music video division of Dattner Dispoto and Associates, Los Angeles, since 1988, has returned to the agency’s feature film division. The company has also signed cinematographers Xavier Perez Grobet and Jo Willems for exclusive representation in all divisions….DP Karsten "Crash" Gopinath is now repped by Jeannine Angelique at Lyons Sheldon Prosnit, Los Angeles….DP John Toll has wrapped principal photography on director Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai, and is available for commercials via the Judy Marks Agency, Los Angeles….DP Daniel Stoloff is now available for spots and music videos through Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, after completing principal photography on the Disney film Miracle for director Gavin O’Conner….
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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