How the prosecution in Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ trial fell apart, and other key moments
In a scene befitting a Hollywood legal thriller, Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial came to an abrupt and stunning end Friday as a judge threw out the case with prejudice, capping a legal saga that shadowed the 66-year-old actor’s career and raised questions about the future of gunplay on movie sets.
But how exactly did the prosecution’s case come apart — and so quickly? NBC News followed every minute of the abbreviated trial and kept track of the key moments.
