In support of their wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and numerous others involved in the « Rust » movie production, lawyers for the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins …
In support of their wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and numerous others involved in the « Rust » movie production, lawyers for the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins released a video simulation of the on-set gunshot that left her dead in Santa Fe in October. « The morning that Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed, tensions among the crew and cast regarding safety on the ‘Rust’ set had boiled over, » the narrator says, before text messages between an upset cameraman who quit the film and the movie’s unit production manager scroll across the screen. The digitally rendered clip is almost 10 minutes long. It breaks down a series of allegations in the lawsuit claiming Baldwin and other people involved with the movie failed to meet at least 15 industry standards for safe weapons handling – including failing to treat the gun at all times as if it were loaded. The attorneys for Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, and son, Andros, also argued that there was no need for Baldwin to have been holding a prop gun at the time – when cameras weren’t rolling. The video also shows a graphic reenactment of the moment Baldwin inadvertently fired a bullet that tore through Hutchins.
