Baldwin consistently maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty and denying that he pulled the trigger. Earlier this year, the involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin was dismissed due to misconduct by law enforcement and prosecutors.
Speaking on David Duchovny’s “Fail Better” podcast, Baldwin discussed the incident and the intense scrutiny he faced afterward.
“There’s more to come, but the more to come is now my effort, and it’s going to be undeniably a successful effort, to raise and to expose what really happened,” he expressed.
“I was counterpunching. I was on the defensive. I was being accused. I was being indicted,” Baldwin explained.
The actor also reflected on how he perceives the public’s view of him following the incident.
“In this country when people hate you on that level, they want three things. They want you to die,” Baldwin said during his conversation with Duchovny.
He elaborated further: “The second thing is they want you to go to prison. These political crowds, both sides, love to see their enemies put in prison for years because prison is like a living hell.
“The third thing is they want you canceled, which is like being in prison or being dead because you roam the earth and you’re invisible.”
Baldwin also addressed the legal proceedings, expressing his relief that the judge dismissed the case earlier this year.
He noted: “The judge canceled the case. She ruled that it was dismissed with prejudice, which I’m very grateful for because it was a very informed decision on her part.
“But if I’d gone all the way and gotten a verdict, that’s a little bit better because a bunch of people in a jury had considered the facts and we would’ve presented so much more. All that doesn’t get presented because the case is over.”