Hilaria Baldwin believes Alec will be found not guilty after "stressful" trial

Alec Baldwin is receiving strong support from his wife Hilaria Baldwin during his criminal trial for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film RustHilaria on Wednesday attended the trials first day in New Mexico accompanied by Alecs siblings Stephen Baldwin and Beth KeuchlerAccording to a source speaking to PEOPLE Hilaria will be staying in New Mexico for the trialAlec wants her there Shes incredibly supportive and will be at the trial every day Its stressful for them both the source says This is not how they want to spend their summer They cant wait for it to be over Hilaria has faith that Alec will be found not guiltyHilaria married to Alec since 2012 was at the courthouse on Tuesday July 9 for jury selection She was there with two of their seven children Alec also has a daughter from his previous marriage to Kim BasingerThe incident took place on October 21 2021 Hutchins was killed and Rust director Joel Souza was injured when a prop gun Alec was holding discharged Alec said he did not pull the trigger and did not know the gun had live ammunitionAlec has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter If convicted he could face up to 18 months in prisonIn April Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughterIn May a source told PEOPLE that Alec was stressed and understandably worried about Reeds sentencing The source said He has an excellent legal team I dont think anyone is thinking jail time but given the decision for Ms Gutierrez Reed its hard to knowIn his opening statement on Wednesday Alecs attorney Alex Spiro said Alec committed no crime and was following normal procedures for actors handling weapons on setNot a day goes by when we dont wish Alec had saved her life But never the witnesses will tell you in history has an actor intercepted a live bullet from a prop gun No actor in history Spiro told the jury No one could have imagined or expected an actor to do that So just remember that truth Justice is truth This was an unspeakable tragedyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever