NY Criminal Defense Attorney David Schwartz Talking About The Alec Baldwin Charges on CBS 2.

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0:00 IN YONKERS, ALECIA REID, CBS2 0:02 NEWS 0:05 >>> ALEC BALDWIN COULD GET UP 0:06 TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR THE 0:07 MOVIE SET SHOOTING. 0:08 THE ACTOR IS FACING CHARGES OF 0:11 INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. 0:12 CBS2'S ALI BALLWIN . 0:17 >> Reporter: THE SET WAS MADE
0:19 TO LOOK LIKE THE WILD WEST BUT 0:25 IT WAS AKIN TO THE REAL THING. 0:26 >> IT WAS A FAST AND LOOSE AT 0:28 THAT NOBODY WAS DOING THEIR 0:32 JOB. 0:32 >> Reporter: THE DA REVEALED
0:33 SHE FOUND THERE WAS ENOUGH 0:34 EVIDENCE TO CHARGE ALEC BALDWIN 0:35 WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY 0:38 INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. 0:38 THE ACTOR WAS REHEARSING A 0:39
SCENE WITH CINEMATOGRAPHER 0:40 HUTCHINS IN 2021, WHEN THE GUN 0:46 FIRED ONSET, KILLING HUTCHINS. 0:47 THIS IS WHAT BALDWIN TOLD 0:47 DETECTIVES. 0:48 TOLD 0:48 DETECTIVES. 0:56
>> Reporter: ALONG WITH 0:56 BALDWIN, THE FILM'S WEAPON 1:01 SPECIALIST WILL ALSO BE CHARGED 1:02 WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. 1:03 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO HANDED 1:04
BALDWIN THE GUN HAS AGREED TO 1:06 PLEAD GUILTY TO NEGLIGENT USE 1:10 OF A DEADLY WEAPON. 1:11 >> THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE THAT 1:12 HAD DONE THEIR JOB THERE DAY 1:13 AND THIS WOULD NOT OF HAPPENED. 1:17 >> Reporter: BALDWIN'S WIFE 1:18 IGNORED CAMERAS OUTSIDE OF 1:19 THEIR HOME ON THURSDAY. 1:20 BALDWIN CLAIMED TO ABC NEWS HE 1:23 DID NOT PULL THE TRIGGER. 1:24 >> I FEEL THAT SOMEONE IS 1:26 RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED 1:30 AND I CANNOT SAY WHO THAT IS 1:32 BUT I KNOW IT IS NOT ME. 1:33 >> Reporter: HANNAHS ATTORNEY 1:35
SAYS THAT SHE WILL BE EIGHT 1:40 >> Reporter: WHAT HE THINKS THE 1:50 ODDS ARE THAT ALEC BALDWIN SEES 1:51 JAIL TIME AT THE END OF THIS? 1:52 >> LOW. 1:53 CERTAINLY NOT AN EASY CASE FOR 1:54 PROSECUTORS. 1:55 >> Reporter: THE SCREEN ACTORS 1:55 GUILD DEFENDED BALDWIN, ARGUING 1:56 THAT A ACTORS JOB IS NOT TO BE 1:58 A FIREARMS EXPERT. 1:59 BUT THE DA CLAIMS THAT HE IS 2:00 CHARGED AS AN ACTOR AND A 2:01 PRODUCER. 2:01 >> HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE 2:07 THAT SAFETY WAS AN ISSUE ONSET. 2:09 >> Reporter: THE FAMILY OF 2:10 HUTCHINS SAY THAT THEY SUPPORT 2:11 THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND 2:12 AGREED THAT CHARGES ARE 2:13 WARRANTED. 2:13 THE CHARGES WILL BE FILED BY 2:14 THE END OF THE MONTH AND BALDWIN