Posted on 11/03/2021 6:52:51 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The husband of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has lawyered up, and is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit ... TMZ has learned.
Matthew Hutchins retained the services of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi ... according to the L.A.-based law firm. The firm's website says its attorneys specialize in personal injury and wrongful death litigation ... so clearly, Halyna's tragic death is in their wheelhouse.
Sources familiar with the situation tell us the lawsuit will be filed on behalf of Halyna's spouse and their child, and there will be multiple defendants.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
I doubt if the President's party affiliation has much to do with whatever Arec is eventually charged with- I expect the charges to be state charges, unless it happened on feral property.
Yep, they said they will defend Baldwin until he's broke.
No he want
I would.
We’ll see, but I highly doubt it.
I think most here just hate him so much they want it to happen. The production companies likely have insurance, and if needed, they can all probably fold and emerge under a new name.
Perhaps for awhile.
The armorer he hired is tge real trainwreck gere, and she deserves the most time in prison out of anyone for this totally unnecessary disaster.
That is what I think happened. Is it murder to point a gun at someone and pull the trigger thinking it is unloaded? Lawyers might know. However, it is easily manslaughter, not that he will probably be prosecuted. The facts of how he shot her may also stay covered up.
If he was convicted, it would be a NM state case, so Biden could not pardon him.
I doubt they will settle for as much as $10M. Husband is a lawyer and presumably knows right lawyer and firm to hire.
I agree with you about the armorer.
I downloaded the rules they were supposed to follow. She became culpable when she left weapons unlocked on a tray.
The armorer, the assistant director, and Baldwin are all guilty, each of them, should be prosecuted. And it will be almost impossible to prosecute one with prosecuting all three.
This is why I think Baldwin will be prosecuted. The armorers and the assistant director will rat him out.
I’m pegging this one at $20 million.
I feel sorry for her. She was inexperienced for this kind of fast paced rag tag shoot. She was in over head and overworked. A real armorer would have turned the job down for this kind of circus atmosphere. The armorer needs not only the responsibility but the authority to slow things down if too much is happening too quickly in too many places. If Alec was practicing his quick draw (as has been reported) there need not be anything in the chamber for that. Not even dummies. Hannah will learn an expensive lesson from this. maybe Alec will too.
Works for me.
Great stuff.
As Inspector Clouseau would say: “Ah, at last we are getting somewhere.”
You probably already know this but the producer on set was Arec Barwin.
Alec Baldwin is credited as a producer on ‘Rust.’ What does that really mean?
well hes the producer, hes got liability and he has responsibility for hiring the armorer
he did shoot her but he also trusted several people who told him the gun was safe
he also probably was not aware the armorer and some of the crew used that gun after hours the night prior to fire live rounds
he’s still negligent, he fired the gun and shot and killed someone, regardless
he has been around and using blank guns and guns used on movies for over 3 decades and can’t say he hasn’t heard safety talks about the proper handling of guns on sets
she has a history of screwing up with guns
she is a model who turned into an armorer attempting to live off her dad’s name power, as he is a successful movie armorer
she is not qualified to work as an armorer
she blew out Nicholas Cages ear drums firing a gun without warning on the last movie before this one
she also was using this gun with the crew the night before to fire live rounds with
then lied to cops saying she had no idea there were 500 live rounds on the set, even thoygh she was firing the gun with some of the crew with those live rounds the night before
I don’t feel sorry for her one bit
I feel sorry for the people shot and the one that died
All points well taken. I doubt she will work as an armorer again or anything to do with movie sets. With that said, I believe it was incompetence and not malice at work here. I'm sure she didn't mean for anyone to get hurt. And she wasn't present at the shooting itself (or so is reported). However the main perp was. Quick Draw Alec could should have checked the chambers himself. Was that beneath him?
Good for him. Very sad situation for him, the boy, and her family and friends.
i never said it was malice
and that doesnt change negligence
imwould say its gross negligence that should be a manslaughter charge, whatever the maximum penalty can be, she should get it
because she screwed up, and others believed her which caused them to screw up
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