Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ trial live: witness testimonies underway in actor’s involuntary manslaughter

Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from . Read our privacy policy Thanks for signing up to the Evening Headlines email {{ verifyErrors }} {{ message }} {{ /verifyErrors }} {{ ^verifyErrors }} Something went wrong. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Alec Baldwins sister was spotted crying at the Hollywood actors involuntary manslaughter trial on Wednesday during opening statements as the state told jurors he ignored gun safety before the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the movie Rust. Just before witness testimony began, the court went on break where Baldwins brother Stephen Baldwin, was seen consoling his sister, who was crying during opening statements, an eyewitness told . Baldwin then joined his family and hugged his sister who was visibly emotional, crying and wiping away tears. Its been almost three years since a rehearsal of a shooting scene in the Western ended tragically, when a prop gun Baldwin was holding went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. The highprofile trial began Tuesday with jury selection and nine days of testimony is expected, the judge said. When someone plays make believe, with a real gun, and that person disregards the Cardinal rule of gun safety People die, special prosecutor Erlinda Johnson told the courtroom in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Baldwin, 66, has insisted that he didnt pull the trigger on the firearm and didnt know it contained a live round. He has claimed it fired accidentally.