What ever happened to the investigation into the on set shooting ? I thought he was going to be prosecuted ? Now I hear him on radio pitching his new podcast.
Good question, the news folks seem to have lost interest.
So far as I can tell no criminal charges have been filed or are contemplated. However civil litigation continues. From Wikipedia:
On November 10, Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy filed a lawsuit against the production for general negligence.
A second lawsuit was filed on November 17 by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell, who says the script did not call for the discharging of a firearm. On January 23, 2022, Baldwin and other producers filed a memorandum that asked a California judge to dismiss the November 17, 2021 lawsuit by Mitchell.
On January 12, 2022, Gutierrez-Reed filed a lawsuit against armorer Seth Kenney and his company PDQ Arm and Prop for allegedly bringing the live rounds on set.
On February 7, 2022, Rust key medic Cheryln Schaefer filed a lawsuit against the production and several crew members for negligence.
On February 15, after nearly three months of legal preparation, the Hutchins family filed a wrongful death suit which names Baldwin, Halls, Gutierrez-Reed, prop master Sarah Zachry, and others as defendants and seeks unspecified damages