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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Wanna bet?
It’s her fault..
Blame the dead victim who can’t issue a rebuttal.
“I’m sure someone is responsible, but that person is definitely not me”
It is unfortunate that those will not be his famous last words.
as for the contract, there a lot of lawyers waiting to chew that up like a gerbil to line their own nests.
Friendly Fire Alec
Gotta think he’s putting whatever reputation he had in the movie industry right down the toilet. To those for whom this is a way to make a living, who would want to work with/for this a-hole in the future?
There are witnesses who can affirm or deny Baldwin's claim.
That’s a bold strategy, Cotton.
Ha, ha! He tosses and turns at night. That’s never fun.
I’m still waiting for the “Rust” director who was wounded to issue a statement. Has anybody heard from him yet?
Just when one thinks there is an actual low point for the integrity of actors, the turd barrier is exceeded.
Instead of keeping his mouth shut out of respect for Halyna’s family he goes and re- asserts his inocence and his non- liabilty.
This guy is a Type A personality with Class 1 Narcisstic personality.
If he had been a member of the NRA he would have known that it was his responsibility to check the gun to see if it was safe, and to not aim it at anyone.
There is NO need to aim a gun at anyone on a movie set with today’s techniques and special effects.
The responsibility is his and his alone.
I’m assuming he’s smart enough to STFU.
This seems irrelevant. Baldwin still aimed and pulled the trigger. Did the deceased make him do that somehow?!
I have information from reliable unnamed sources that it was Putin that fired the shot for Alex’s role in “The hunt for Red October”.
“financial responsibility” isn’t the same as personal liability. His lawyer are trying very hard but all that goes out the window in civil suit with a jury. Nice try, but no bananas you stinking POS.... I hope they get all your $60M assets.
After the civil suit, he won’t have enough money to bankroll a B movie in which he stars, produces, etc. He’s toast....If I were on the jury he’d lose tens of millions in damages.
there are several scumbags in the news lately- He is perhaps the worst-
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