Posted on 11/03/2021 6:52:51 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Baldwin is the big whale in this. He has a reported net worth of $60 million. Regardless of whether he’ll be charged criminally or not, he’s about to be hit with a massive civil suit, IMO. Maybe being broke will shut his leftist mouth.
What about insurance…liability will pay if proved accidental.
Halanya vs. Halaria... so confusing.
One he shot vs. one he wished he had shot.
Knew that was coming.
I am not a lawyer, but I do not think wrongful death suits are often settled for 8 figures. It is partly based on lost future earnings. They cannot show much medical bills in this case. It will probably be settled for 7 figures, because of the potential for a huge jury award.
There are also many workplace deaths in which there was pretty bad negligence, but it is not common to charge multiple managers with manslaughter. Not sure the significance of Baldwin being one of the producers.
It is pretty clear manslaughter if he was joking around firing it at people and did not check if it was loaded. However, not sure if the real facts will come out. It would probably be enough legally that he was reckless using it and did not check it. However, it is usually much harder for someone with money and power to be charged.
They obviously did not want to pay for a real full-time armorer and enforce the standard rules. They presumably could have gotten someone with plenty of experience being in charge of weapons at a firing range or whatever and not a high salary, even if they did not want to hire an experienced Hollywood armorer.
That girl probably saw it as a stepping stone to being a real full time armorer or something else more important than a prop assistant. If she was too insistent on proper procedures being followed she might not last. It certainly looks like her name and connections helped. It also looks like other things with a young woman in a job she was not qualified for.
I hope this guy takes every penny Alex has ever made as a hack actor.
And that Alex goes to prison.
I hope so too, but neither are likely to happen. Baldwin will lose some money and his acting career will be damaged.
I really think Eric was not being serious and jagging around. He probably had the itch to fire and pulled the trigger. End of story!
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