The actor filed an arbitration demand Friday against Rust Movie Productions and fellow producer Ryan Smith
Alec Baldwin and his lawyer in his most detailed account of the “Rust” shooting yet revealed that he should not be held culpable for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and claims that his contract on the film protects him from financial responsibility in her death. Baldwin on Friday filed with JAMS an arbitration demand against his fellow producers, which names as respondents Rust Movie Productions LLC and producer Ryan Smith. Though Baldwin is listed as a producer on the film, he goes into detail to explain that he was not responsible for checking the weapon that was found to contain a live round, nor did he have a role in hiring the film’s armorer or other individuals involved on the film. “He didn’t announce that the gun was ‘cold’ when it really contained a live round; he didn’t load the gun; he didn’t check the bullets in the gun; he didn’t purchase the bullets; he didn’t make the bullets and represent that they were dummies; he wasn’t in charge of firearm safety on the set; he didn’t hire the people who supplied the bullets or checked the gun; and he played no role in managing the movie’s props. Each of those jobs was performed by someone else,” the arbitration demand obtained by TheWrap reads.
