Posted on 03/12/2022 10:51:20 AM PST by conservative98
Lawyers for actor Alec Baldwin filed an arbitration demand on Friday arguing that his Rust film contract protects him from financial responsibility for the shooting that led to Halyna Hutchins’ death on the New Mexico set of the film last year.
The documents also make the claim that it was Hutchins herself who directed Baldwin where to aim the gun he held with which he fired the fatal shot.
Laying partial blame for the shooting on Hutchins, the filing says, “She directed Baldwin to hold the gun higher, to a point where it was directed toward her. She was looking carefully at the monitor and then at Baldwin, and then back again, as she gave these instructions.”
Baldwin’s filing adds that by giving the instructions she gave on the set, it was clear that Hutchins also felt the gun was unloaded — or “cold.”
“In giving and following these instructions, Hutchins and Baldwin shared a core, vital belief: that the gun was ‘cold’ and contained no live rounds,” the filing says.
Baldwin’s filing added that Hutchins agreed when Baldwin asked if should pull back the hammer of the firearm, as the script called for.
Baldwin has repeatedly claimed he never pulled the trigger of the single action revolver, but now that his court filing seems to admit that he at least pulled back the hammer to the firing position, that claim seems less believable.
The filing also alleges that it was not the actor’s responsibility to check the firearm he was handed to see how it was loaded, or if it was loaded at all, and that his title as executive producer actually shields him from liability.
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He’s wondering about his money, that’s all.
One of the first items I read about this Charles Foxtrot is that dip shit was practicing the fast draw and shot this woman.
Who needs to bear moral responsibility when you have a lawyer interpreting a contract for you?
“Baldwin’s filing adds that by giving the instructions she gave on the set, it was clear that Hutchins also felt the gun was unloaded — or “cold.”
“In giving and following these instructions, Hutchins and Baldwin shared a core, vital belief: that the gun was ‘cold’ and contained no live rounds,” the filing says.
A core, vital belief is not fact. I have a core vital belief that if I cross a busy street in the crosswalk, no one will hit me. I have a core vital belief that a bullet can’t ricochet off something and hit me. I have a core vital belief that the person holding the gun won’t hit the trigger or drop the gun. (Especially when he has locked back the hammer) Any of those can get you dead. So I have no core vital beliefs that he has I guess.
If my hands go on a weapon, second thing I do is I clear it meaning is it loaded, and in the case of a shotgun is there a shell chambered. The first thing I do is, before that, is it given to me safely. (I don’t take a weapon barrel first) Tack that on to never aim a gun at anything I am not planning to shoot...ever, and you’ve got a whole lot of core vital beliefs that the idiot didn’t believe in that he should have.
These are basic ways to keep people alive and any adult that handles weapons should know these. Appropriate for his mental capacity.
wy69
Alec Baldwin claims he can murder as many people as he wants and not be held liable.
I think he already did that yesterday or the day before.
You can kill someone and your contract will get you out of it? Hey Keeanu, lets make John Wick 4 a bit more realistic!
Another accident caused by someone who didn’t know and respect firearms. Perhaps just stupid actors should have their second amendment rights revoked.
“The filing also alleges that it was not the actor’s responsibility to check the firearm he was handed to see how it was loaded, or if it was loaded at all...”
So ignorant.
Insurance does not pay out for stupidity/criminal negligence and a civil suite will not be your friend bub.
Effer needs to shut his pie hole but his ego will not let him. Where is his agent to keep him away from the poparazzi?
I not a fan of his, but Baldwin needs protection from himself.
Baldwin’s lawyer needs to get payed in advance with this defense. I assume Baldwin as the executive producer is in an LLC he may not get sued in that capacity, but physically participating as an actor and crew is a lot different.
pfft,
Not an enforceable contract.
‘The woman made me do it,’ he said, ‘and so i ate it.’
I don’t think Baldwin intended to shoot this woman.
The person or persons responsible for props and safety on the set are to blame.
Other than firearms belonging to security personnel NO functioning firearms should have been within a mile of the set.
That said, Baldwin is a consummate ass.
A leftist murders someone and nothing happens to him. History repeats itself.
That is what liability insurance is all about... we are so concerned out here in Normalwood that we almost forgot about liability insurance. Big reveal ‘Alec Baldwin Knows About Liability Insurance’
Hip hip! Huzzah!
“Jussie” Baldwin
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