Alec Baldwin

Halyna Hutchins's parents and younger sister brought a separate civil action against Baldwin and others connected with Rust, alleging negligence and loss of support, among other matters. Following jurisdictional issues, the claims continued in New Mexico; in October 2025, the Associated Press reported that they were still being pursued and that Baldwin's deposition was under consideration.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Accused

Baldwin sued prosecutors, investigators and New Mexico authorities, alleging malicious prosecution, civil rights violations and defamation, among other claims, following the collapse of his criminal trial. The action was briefly dismissed for inactivity, then reinstated at his request and transferred to federal court by the defendants in October 2025.

State of the evidence

Allegations

Attribution

Protagonist is the complainant

Seth Kenney, a supplier of firearms and ammunition for the Rust set, sued Baldwin and numerous other defendants in October 2025. He claims that he was made a scapegoat and defamed through a campaign allegedly intended to divert responsibility for the origin of the live rounds.

State of the evidence

Allegations

Attribution

Accused

New Mexico's workplace regulator initially imposed a maximum penalty of $136 793 on Rust Movie Productions for breaches of firearm safety rules. In February 2023, the company agreed to a $100 000 settlement and the classification was reduced from 'willful-serious' to 'serious'.

State of the evidence

Documented

Matthew Hutchins, Halyna Hutchins's widower, and their son sued Baldwin and other producers for wrongful death. In October 2022, the parties announced a confidential settlement providing, in particular, for Matthew Hutchins to become an executive producer when filming resumed.

State of the evidence

Settlement

Baldwin was arrested after an altercation with a motorist over a parking space in Manhattan. The more serious charges were dropped and, in January 2019, he pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment, a violation at the lowest level of New York offences, and agreed to one day of anger management.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Accused

New York police stopped Baldwin for cycling against the direction of traffic on Fifth Avenue. Officers stated that he became belligerent and refused to provide identification, leading to summonses for cycling against traffic and disorderly conduct.

Attribution

Personally implicated

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

Following an inaccurate article claiming that his wife had tweeted during James Gandolfini's funeral, Baldwin published a series of insulting and threatening messages targeting journalist George Stark, using language widely interpreted as homophobic.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

During a street confrontation with a photographer, Baldwin was filmed using an expression regarded as an anti-gay slur. MSNBC suspended his programme Up Late with Alec Baldwin for two weeks, after which Baldwin and the network announced that the programme would not continue.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

New York Daily News photographer Marcus Santos filed a police complaint alleging that Baldwin had pushed and struck him on the chin outside a marriage licence office in Manhattan. Photographs showed at least a physical confrontation.

State of the evidence

Disputed

Attribution

Personally implicated

Baldwin was removed from an American Airlines flight in Los Angeles after continuing to use his phone to play Words With Friends and resisting requests from cabin crew. The airline described a very vocal and rude passenger; Baldwin criticised the airline and apologised to other passengers.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

A voicemail left by Baldwin for his daughter Ireland, then aged 11, was leaked in 2007. He lost his temper and described her, among other things, as a 'rude, thoughtless little pig'. Baldwin publicly apologised for losing his temper.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

Following a 1995 altercation with photographer Alan Zanger, who was filming Kim Basinger and their newborn child returning home, Baldwin was prosecuted for misdemeanour battery. In March 1996, a jury acquitted him after accepting his self-defence argument. Separate civil proceedings subsequently resulted in an award of $4 500 to the photographer.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome