(NewsNation) — Erlinda Johnson, the peculiar authoritative successful Alec Baldwin's "Rust" proceedings who unexpectedly discontinue the lawsuit Friday, maintains that Baldwin's on-set "horseplay" with a weapon "could perchance beryllium reckless."

"Based connected my evaluation, of the grounds that I was privy to and that I saw erstwhile I came connected committee connected this lawsuit was that determination were galore clips from the filming connected the acceptable that showed Mr. Baldwin did unluckily prosecute successful immoderate horseplay with this gun," Johnson alleged exclusively during an quality Friday nighttime connected NewsNation's "CUOMO." "These are existent guns. You don't bash that with existent guns."

Defense attorneys for Baldwin said successful tribunal Friday that prosecutors concealed accusation astir a bully Samaritan who brought ammunition to instrumentality enforcement aft the proceedings of “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. They accidental this was exculpatory grounds that could person tied the movie’s weapons provider, Seth Kenney, to unrecorded ammo recovered connected set.

Johnson clarified her reasoning for quitting, saying, "I near due to the fact that I learned astir this grounds erstwhile the nationalist learned astir it yesterday, precocious afternoon."

She continues, "I was not alert that this idiosyncratic had taken this ammunition to the sheriff's section and provided it to the officers. ... We person an work arsenic prosecutors. Not lone to the radical but to the defendant. ... We don't get to determine what the defence is going to be."

Setting speech the state's handling of evidence, Johnson says of Mr. Baldwins connected acceptable actions, "For me, there's nary question Mr. Baldwin did not mean to bash this. But the question, 'Was determination wanton recklessness?' That's wherefore I did judge successful the case."

Following Johnson's resignation, a justice dismissed the involuntary manslaughter lawsuit against Baldwin, who was facing charges successful narration to the decease of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins connected the movie’s acceptable successful 2021. He was seen crying from his spot successful the courtroom aft the dismissal.

Prosecutor Kari Morrissey took the basal successful her ain defence Friday and past announced that Johnson resigned unexpectedly owed to a disagreement with having the question proceeding made public.

Chris Cuomo called Johnson's determination to discontinue the lawsuit was, "a brave happening to do."

Defense lawyer Mark Geragos, who joined "CUOMO" to sermon the case, said Morrissey "should beryllium defrocked."

"How outrageous was that different authoritative (Morrissey)? ... I've ne'er seen thing rather similar it," Geragos said.

Jurors successful the actor’s proceedings were sent location for the play portion the prosecution and defence made arguments implicit the lawsuit dismissal.

During a rehearsal for the movie “Rust,” Baldwin was utilizing a weapon meant to beryllium loaded with dummy rounds erstwhile he allegedly pointed it astatine the camera and fired, sidesplitting Hutchins and wounding manager Joel Souza.

While the histrion has maintained helium did not propulsion the trigger connected the limb and that it fired by accident, FBI analysts disputed this upon examining the gun.

Kenney has not been charged with immoderate wrongdoing, and constabulary and prosecutors person said determination is nary grounds that helium had immoderate relation successful the unrecorded ammunition connected the “Rust” set. Although the defence said they don’t cognize if the grounds was a unrecorded ammunition match, they argued that the “state had it, and it’s disclosable.”

“If this grounds wasn’t arsenic important arsenic we accidental it is, they would person turned it over,” defence lawyer Luke Nikas said.

Morrissey, however, maintained determination has been “no usurpation successful our obligation” connected behalf of the state. The prosecution has said that the ammunition was not connected to the lawsuit and was not hidden.

Gutierrez-Reed, the idiosyncratic liable for keeping way of weapons utilized successful the movie, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter earlier this twelvemonth and sentenced to 18 months successful prison.

Prosecutors alleged Gutierrez-Reed was negligent for not realizing unrecorded rounds had been mixed successful with a container of dummy rounds. Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyers, meanwhile, accidental she was scapegoated by others moving connected the film. Producers had failed to support the acceptable harmless and did not clasp capable information meetings, her defence attorneys said.

There has inactive not been a definitive determination connected however the unrecorded rounds got connected set. But prosecutors said photos recovered connected Gutierrez-Reed’s cellphone constituent to her being responsible.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.