Actor Alec Baldwin isn’t out of the water yet after the horrific death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin was hit with a lawsuit by the Hutchins family following the onset shooting death of the cinematographer at the hands of Baldwin. The supposed accident took place during the filming of ‘Rust’. The producers of the movie are also named in the suit as Hutchins’s family persues a wrongful death suit.
Lawyers for the family announced the lawsuit during a Los Angeles based news conference Tuesday. The suit was filed in the name of Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros. The “reckless conduct and cost-cutting measures” of Baldwin and the film’s producers “led to the death of Halyna Hutchins,” attorney Brian Pannish said during the press conference.
There are at least three other lawsuits filed which are related to the shooting, but this is the first directly tied to one of the two people shot on the “Rust” set, KKTV reported. Lighting technician Serge Svetnoy, the film’s script supervisor Mamie Mitchell, and on-set armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed also have lawsuits pending.
Baldwin stands accused of firing the single bullet that hit and killed Hutchins in New Mexico on October 21. The bullet next exited her body and struck director Joel Souza while the team was filming the Western-themed film. The prop gun was not supposed to be loaded with live rounds and so far, Baldwin denies any culpability for what happened.
The video has Baldwin sitting in a pew in a makeshift church on the set when he fires the gun, which hits Hutchins from 4 feet away.
“I’m hit,” a dying Hutchins said, according to the suit, while Souza cried out in pain.
The footage explains that there are simple ways to tell whether a bullet is live before it is fired. A dummy bullet would have had a hole in it and rattled when someone shook it, while a real bullet lacks the hole and makes no sound, the narrator said.
The lawyers claimed Baldwin refused weapons training on how to perform the cross-draw, which was the type of action he was supposed to do, according to NYP.
No doubt the anti-gun activist didn’t think he needed training. He’s a professional—Right?
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