Alec Baldwin is about to enter a New Mexico courtroom for the first time since the 2021 shooting.
Nearly three years later, after multiple failed attempts by Baldwin's formidable legal team in New York to get the case dismissed, those same arguments will be resolved by a jury at a trial in Santa Fe that begins Tuesday.
If convicted, Baldwin could face up to 18 months in prison, the same sentence already served by the film's gunsmith, who was convicted in the same court earlier this year. The trial is expected to last about 10 days.
The 66-year-old actor is charged with involuntary manslaughter during the filming of the movie. Oxide in October 2021.
During a shoot, Baldwin fired a bullet from a handgun that killed the film's cinematographer and wounded the director. The incident quickly became a worldwide sensation due to Baldwin's fame and the rarity of on-set deaths in the tightly controlled American film industry.
Many view Baldwin, who was unaware the prop gun contained a live bullet, as a victim, and others view the death as a result of his allegedly reckless behavior.
