State: Alec Baldwin's claims are 'false, misleading and histrionic'

New Mexico's response to Baldwin's motion to dismiss included extended reasons as to why they're continuing their criminal case against the actor.

In a lengthy and, at times, dramatic response to Alec Baldwin's motion to dismiss pending manslaughter charges, New Mexico prosecutors accused the actor and his attorneys of offering a "predictably false, misleading and histrionic misrepresentation of the facts and circumstances of the history of the case."

Baldwin is charged with involuntary manslaughter for the Oct. 21, 2021, shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer of the movie "Rust, "which they were filming at the time. Hannah Gutierrez, who was the armorer on set, was convicted of the same charges and is scheduled to be sentenced next week.

On March 15, Baldwin's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him, accusing the prosecutors of "violating nearly every rule in the book" in their overzealous mission to charge him. Baldwin has maintained his innocence on all fronts, saying that he has cooperated with investigators, that he did not pull the trigger of the gun, and that he was serving as an actor when the gun he was holding went off and killed Hutchins, and is thus not responsible for the deadly outcome.

Prosecutor Kari Morrissey, who authored the State's response, said every part of that narrative is contrived and accused Baldwin of contradicting himself in the numerous interviews he has conducted with investigators and the media.