Alec Baldwin trial date set for this summer

Published February 26, 2024 3:50pm ET



Alec Baldwin’s trial for involuntary manslaughter connected to the fatal Rust movie shooting has been set to begin this summer.

On Monday, a New Mexico judge directed in a scheduling order that jury selection begin on July 9, with the trial beginning the next day. Opening statements will be heard from both the case’s special prosecutors and Baldwin’s defense attorneys.

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