LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a cinematographer shot & killed on the set of the film “Rust” sued Alec Baldwin & the movie’s producers Tuesday for wrongful death.
Lawyers for the family of Halyna Hutchins announced the lawsuit filed in New Mexico in the name of Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins & their son, Andros, at a Los Angeles news conference.
At least 4 other lawsuits have been filed over the shooting, but this is the first directly tied to one of the 2 people shot.
The “reckless conduct & cost-cutting measures” of Baldwin & the film’s producers “led to the death of Halyna Hutchins,” attorney Brian Panish said.
A video created by the attorneys showed an animated recreation of the shooting.
Baldwin, who was also a producer on the film, was pointing a gun at Hutchins during the setup for the filming of a scene for the western in New Mexico on Oct. 21 when it went off, killing Hutchins & wounding the director, Joel Souza.
Baldwin has said he was pointing the gun at Hutchins at her instruction and it went off without him pulling the trigger.
The attorneys said in the video that Baldwin had turned down training for the kind of gun draw he was doing when he shot Hutchins.
It said industry standards call for using a rubber or similar prop gun during the setup that was happening & there was no call for a real gun.
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