slain Rust The family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said they plan to file a civil lawsuit against Alec Baldwin after prosecutors dropped charges last week..
in 2021, Rust The crew filmed a scene set in a church where, while Baldwin was practicing pulling the propeller gun, the gunshot exploded, killing Hutchins. The actor repeatedly claimed that he did not pull the trigger and instead the gun misfired. Baldwin was facing a maximum prison sentence of 18 months before Thursday’s news that the manslaughter charges against him were dropped.
Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ parents and sister (mother Olga Solovey, father Anatolii Androsovych and sister Svetlana Zemko), did not downplay her words in a statement to Hutchins. Deadline.
“Mr Baldwin could pretend he wasn’t responsible for pulling the trigger and firing a live bullet that ended Halyna’s life,” Allred said. “He can run to Montana and pretend he’s just an actor in a wild west movie, but he can’t escape the fact that he’s playing an important role in real life, a tragedy with real-life consequences.”
Cinematography by Halyna Hutchins.
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Deadline It reported that Baldwin’s lawyers had described the case planned by Hutchins family members as “misguided” and suggested that it would not continue. Prosecutors are now focused on the issue Rust Armormaster Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was 24 at the time of the accident and is currently facing two counts of manslaughter.
Following the fatal incident, sources working with Reed told The Daily Beast that Gutierrez-Reed was “inexperienced and inexperienced” and used firearms on the set of the Nicolas Cage movie. Old Way He seemed “a little careless”. The accident also sparked a wider discussion of surveillance on independent movie sets.
production Rust It resumed last week, as the settlement between Baldwin and Hutchins’ widow, Matthew Hutchins, predicted. CNN reported that one condition included Matthew to be a named executive producer. Production will not reshoot the church scene that was in progress at the time of filming.
On Friday, a day after the charges against Baldwin were dropped, TMZ released photos from the set in which Baldwin can be seen holding a shotgun. According to this Deadline, Rust Director and producer Joel D’Souza, who was also injured in the 2021 shooting, said “working firearms” or ammunition were not allowed on set.