'Rust' star Alec Baldwin loses another bid to get involuntary manslaughter case dismissed

Alec Baldwin's lawyers lost another bid Friday to get his involuntary manslaughter case dismissed.

The embattled star is slated to go to trial July 9 for the 2021 accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western film "Rust" in New Mexico.

The high-powered attorneys argued that the case should be dropped because Baldwin had no grounds to believe the gun contained a live round.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer rejected the argument at the virtual hearing. Baldwin was not present.

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Rust cast and crew Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez Reed

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. (New Mexico Courts/ Santa Fe Sheriffs)

The defense has another motion to dismiss still pending before the judge. Baldwin's team argued that the FBI testing damaged the firearm to the point that the defense couldn't examine it.

"The government took the most critical evidence in this case – the firearm – and destroyed it by repeatedly and pointlessly striking it with a mallet," defense attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro wrote in court filings. "Government agents knew that the firearm would not survive."

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