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Alec Baldwin blames late Halyna Hutchins in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting: new docs

https://nypost.com/2022/03/11/alec-baldwin-denies-responsibility-for-killing-halyna-hutchins/amp/

Alec Baldwin broke every rule of gun safety in accidental shooting-

SANTA FE, NM – Actor Alec Baldwin has a new defense he is mounting for any civil or criminal liability, claiming that the victim who died directed him to point the gun at her, somehow causing her death.

Oh yeah, his lawyers are also claiming that part of his contract for the film shields him from any civil liability.

In October of 2021, Baldwin was rehearsing a scene on the defunct movie set of “Rust” with film cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when a gun he was holding fired a live round, striking and killing Hutchins and injuring the film’s director.

In December of 2021, Baldwin spoke with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in a televised interview and claimed that he never pulled the trigger of the gun he was holding and that he did not know there was a live round in the gun.

Baldwin went further and claimed that it was Hutchins who directed him to point the gun at her and pull the hammer of the gun back.

Baldwin, through his attorneys, claimed that he pulled the hammer back as requested by Hutchins and even asked her if she could see it well enough on the camera. When she replied that she could, he released the hammer and the gun somehow fired without the trigger being pulled.

Now, Baldwin is alleging that he was trained on the set that he did not have to check any firearms to verify there were no live rounds inside of it. He further stated this direction was given to him by the scene armorer, Heather Reed.

Baldwin’s attorneys claim that these circumstances mean that not only should he not face any criminal prosecution in the matter, but he should not be civilly liable in the lawsuit filed by Hutchins’ widower because of his contract.

In November, Hutchins’ husband, Matt Hutchins, filed a lawsuit against anyone he felt was responsible for the death of his wife, including Hutchins and Reed.

In March of this year, Reed’s issued a statement responding to Baldwin’s recent claims, claiming that she was never called onto the set to check on the status of the firearms as is required.

Reed went further and claimed that Baldwin knew that he was never allowed to point any gun at crew members.

She wrote:

“Mr. Baldwin knew that he could never point a firearm at crew members under any circumstances and had a duty of safety to his fellow crew members. Yet, he did point the gun at Halyna before the fatal incident against all rules and common sense.”

The statement went further and noted that everyone on the set knew that Reed had to be notified and conduct an inspection anytime before a firearm is handled.

It’s something that she alleges did not occur, alluding that if she had been notified and inspected the gun Hutchins would not have been killed.

Reed also claims that she attempted to train Baldwin on the importance of firearm safety while on set, specifically working with him on the cross draw, but was unable to do so due to his refusal to accept the training and being shut down by producers on the set.

The statement said:

“Hannah emphasized the importance of training Mr. Baldwin in the cross draw, which is dangerous. He never accepted the offer and Hannah was not able to conduct that training as well as other training she wanted to do, because of budgeting and being overruled by production.”