Alec Baldwin sued by Halyna Hutchins’ family

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Alec Baldwin is being sued by Halyna Hutchinsโ€™ family.

The 63-year-old actorโ€™s prop gun accidentally went off on the set of โ€˜Rustโ€™ in October, killing the cinematographer and injuring director Joel Souza and now it has been revealed the former โ€™30 Rockโ€™ star has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Halynaโ€™s husband Matthew and nine-year-old son Andros.

Attorney Brian Panish said at a press conference: โ€œThe lawsuit, as you can see, names Alec Baldwin and others who were responsible for the safety on the set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless and tragic death of Halyna Hutchins.โ€

The lawsuit blames the actor and others on the set โ€“ including armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and assistant director David Hall โ€“ for Halynaโ€™s death as it alleges they were responsible for โ€œnumerous violations of industry standards.โ€

The lawsuit, which was filed in New Mexico on Tuesday (15.02.22), lists alleged lapses in safety which the family believed led to their loved oneโ€™s tragic death, including having live ammo on set and the Westernโ€™s crew failing to treat the weapon as if it was a loaded gun.

It also claimed Alec was just four feet away from members of the crew when he took the gun from its holster.

The suit stated: โ€œHe released the revolverโ€™s hammer, and โ€“ BAM โ€“ defendant Baldwin fired the revolver.โ€

Alec and others are accused of taking dangerous cost-cutting measures โ€“ including hiring inexperienced armorers and rushed production schedules โ€“ and the documents include text messages allegedly sent by a concerned camera operator, who had claimed there had been โ€œthree accidental dischargesโ€.

The texts were received by the unit manager, who the lawsuit accused of responding โ€œwith callous sarcasmโ€.

After being told about the โ€œsuper unsafeโ€ accidental discharges, the unit manager allegedly replied: โ€œAccidental discharge on the firearms? Cool. Sounds good.โ€

An investigation into the shooting is still ongoing.

Alec previously insisted he didnโ€™t know the gun was loaded and did not pull the trigger when it went off during rehearsal.

He said in December: โ€œI would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them. The notion there was a live round in that gun did not dawn on me until about 45 minutes later.โ€