The case is dismissed without prejudice and the investigation is active and on-going.
Morrissey and Lewis made that point clear Thursday in a statement on the shifting circumstances of the case.
This decision does not absolve Mr. Baldwin of criminal culpability and charges may be refiled, they said.
Alec Baldwin and Hannah-Gutierrez-ReedGetty Images; Voices of the West/Facebook
Overlooked it seems by law enforcement and Santa Fe D.A.
Mary Carmack-Altwies office is the fact that the gun had apparently been modified onRust.
It was an insistence that many dismissed, perhaps too quickly.
A preliminary examination, aka mini-trial, in theRustcase was set to start May 3 and run two weeks.
Charges against the ex-crew member have not been dropped, yet.
(UPDATED, 1:45 p.m.:The preliminary examination for Reed has been set begin August 7.)
Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed pleaded not guilty at the time.
Kenney has denied providing live rounds to theRustproduction set.
Soon after criminal charges were filed in the case, the D.A.
in February also lost an attempt to block Reeds request to have a gun in her home for self-defense.
Mr. Baldwin has tried to dismiss our civil case against him, and he has failed.
Souza returns to direct, and Frances Fisher returns in her role from the first version of the film.
Gutierrez-Reed is not participating inRust2.0.
