A New Mexico judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by actor Alec Baldwin for malicious prosecution in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”

A New Mexico judge on Wednesday dismissed Alec Baldwin’s civil lawsuit alleging that he was maliciously prosecuted, a year after he was cleared of a criminal charge in the shooting death of the cinematographer in his actor-producer’s film,

The dismissed lawsuit targeted prosecutors and law enforcement officials, alleging they pursued the criminal case against Baldwin for political or personal gain.View on euronews