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Alec Baldwin: ‘Rust’ Lawsuits Targeting Those With Deep Pockets, Not The Actual Negligent Parties
Deadline ^ | March 6, 2022 | Bruce Haring

Posted on 03/06/2022 6:14:10 PM PST by conservative98

Alec Baldwin claims the wrong people are being charged in lawsuits related to the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the Rust film set.

Speaking Saturday at the Boulder International Film Festival, Baldwin told moderator Rod Bostwick “deep-pocket litigants” are being targeted, rather than those who were potentially negligent in the incident.

“What you have is a certain group of people, litigants and whatever, on whatever side, who their attitude is, ‘Well, the people who likely seem negligent have no money and the people who have money are not negligent,’ ” Baldwin said, as reported by CNN.

Baldwin was working with a prop gun on the Rust set last fall when it fired, killing cinematographer Hutchins and wounding the film’s director, Joel Souza.

“All my career, without incident, I’ve relied on the safety experts there to declare the gun safe and never had a problem, and this happened,” Baldwin said.

“Of course, this is to me sometimes it’s, it’s so surreal, I don’t even know what to say,” Baldwin added. Hutchins’ family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming Baldwin, the production companies, producers, and other crew members. At least two of the film’s crew members have also sued Baldwin and other production figures.

Baldwin talked of the support he’s received, pointing to his 40-years in entertainment without any safety issues.

“When someone, whose job is to ensure the safety of a weapon, hands someone else, whose job is to be the secondary layer of protection for safety of a weapon, and they hand you that weapon, you declare that that weapon is safe,” said Baldwin.

“That’s how I’ve done it my whole life because you’re not allowed as an actor to declare the weapon … I mean, the joke is, you don’t want the actors doing the safety

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: alecbaldwin; baldwin; banglist; biff; boulder; halynahutchins; joelsouza; rust; rustmovie
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1 posted on 03/06/2022 6:14:10 PM PST by conservative98
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2 posted on 03/06/2022 6:14:37 PM PST by conservative98
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This guilty POS certainly has some hutzpah.


3 posted on 03/06/2022 6:16:01 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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He did not check the gun.

He cocked the gun.

He fired the gun.

He is the responsible party.


4 posted on 03/06/2022 6:18:00 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

Civil courts will decide if you are liable or not liable Alec.
Prepare to defend yourself.


5 posted on 03/06/2022 6:18:44 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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https://t.co/wzq6qFmKxk#BIFF2022 #BIFF2023 #AlecBaldwin gave this man a platform to spew lies about the litigants. They have sued those with money and without. He did NOT accept the gun from a weapon safety person. He pointed a loaded gun at others and pulled the trigger.— BottleGinge (@BottleGinge) March 6, 2022


6 posted on 03/06/2022 6:19:00 PM PST by conservative98
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Alec Buttwind blames the Keebler Elves...film at 11.


7 posted on 03/06/2022 6:19:18 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: Lurkinanloomin

It wasn’t a “prop” gun....

It was a proper gun.


8 posted on 03/06/2022 6:22:16 PM PST by Paladin2
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Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. What a jerk wad.


9 posted on 03/06/2022 6:23:25 PM PST by Newbomb Turk
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Wait, did Alec Baldwin not pull the trigger on the gun that killed the woman? The fault lies with everyone who handled that pistol that day.


10 posted on 03/06/2022 6:24:47 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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Notice the classic sickness of the elites in the USA.

Other people and other groups are to blame.

Common problem for someone who is too arrogant to face their real problems.


11 posted on 03/06/2022 6:25:46 PM PST by Bayard
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This is not fair! They are only targeting those with deep pockets and itchy trigger fingers.

looking at you Alec

12 posted on 03/06/2022 6:26:08 PM PST by BipolarBob (Reading is one way for escape. Running for your life is another.)
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The fault lies with everyone who handled that pistol that day.

Nope.

Unless there was some sort of mechanical failure the fault lies with the person who shot the gun.

Shield on the camera. No shield on the people.

Curious, don't you think?

13 posted on 03/06/2022 6:29:46 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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...“deep-pocket litigants” are being targeted, rather than those who were potentially negligent in the incident.

Says the one person who's more guilty of negligence than the rest of them put together. He's just too genuinely stupid to realize how dumb that is.

14 posted on 03/06/2022 6:33:07 PM PST by Bullish (This is the most bloated and most inept govt in history.)
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Has this dirtbag ever accepted responsibility for anything he’s done in his lifetime?


15 posted on 03/06/2022 6:34:24 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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Welcome to the real world.....


16 posted on 03/06/2022 6:35:43 PM PST by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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Let the court worry about it and shaddup-a-your-face, Baldwin.


17 posted on 03/06/2022 6:40:30 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

It was a single action revolver.
He had to cock it first and then pull the trigger.


18 posted on 03/06/2022 6:41:03 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

Negligence?

Like what pointing a gun at someone is?

And pulling the trigger?

That kind of negligence?


19 posted on 03/06/2022 6:43:34 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: conservative98

Negligence?

Like what pointing a gun at someone is?

And pulling the trigger?

That kind of negligence?


20 posted on 03/06/2022 6:43:35 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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