On Friday, Alec Baldwin left a Santa Fe, New Mexico, courtroom a free man thanks to the prosecution withholding evidence, the actor dodging a trial that could have seen him serve over a year in prison. In an ongoing saga running since Autumn 2021, Baldwin has contested prosecutors’ accusations of criminal negligence when he pulled the trigger of a prop firearm on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set of his Western-themed film. The fatal shooting killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Also injured in the incident was the film’s director, Joel Souza.