Brian Panish, which represents the husband and son of Halyna Hutchins, has in particular accused the actor of having had a “dangerous behavior” and felt that the budget cuts on the filming were at the origin of the Death of the filmmaker.
Le Monde with AFP
The family of filmmaker killed by the accidental shot of a revolver on the filming of the American film Rust complained, Tuesday, February 15, against actor Alec Baldwin, who pressed relaxation, announced his lawyers.
On 21 October, on the filming of the Western, in a Santa Fe ranch (New Mexico), Alec Baldwin manipulated a revolver as he worked a scene with the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins. It had been introduced to him as harmless, because she was supposed to contain only dummy bullets, but the blow had killed the filmmaker of 42 years.
Brian Panish, who represents the husband and son of Halyna Hutchins, in particular involved, at a press conference, the “dangerous behavior” of Mr. Baldwin. He also accused the measures of savings decided by the actor and the other producers of the western budget for resulted in the death of Halyna Hutchins. The lawyer cited a list counting according to him “at least fifteen criteria” in force in the film industry that were ignored by the production on the filming of Rust.
An amount of compensation ” substantial “
m. Panish believes that a dummy revolver should have been used rather than an operational weapon and that there was no qualified individual to manipulate firearms at the time of the accident. Finally, he lasted the fact that the team was not equipped with protective equipment, as is the case when shooting some scenes requiring the shot of white cartridges.
The complaint was filed in the state of New Mexico, where the death of Halyna Hutchins occurred. Asked about the amount of compensation that the family would ask, Brian Panish replied that it would be “substantial”.
This complaint is added to many other civilian procedures already engaged in recent months by members of the film team. In November, the chief chief Serge Svetnoy had filed a complaint for “negligence” against the actor, the production and armor of the filming, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. The latter has complained in January against the man who had provided the ammunition used on the filming, accusing him of having left actual bullets among the dummy cartridges.
Baldwin does not feel feeling neither guilty nor “responsible”
A criminal investigation is always in progress. In particular, police seek how real ammunition could be on the filming, which is, in theory, formally prohibited.
No arrest has been held to date, but criminal proceedings are not excluded in the event that responsibilities would be established, had underlined shortly after the tragedy the services of the Santa Fe.
In an interview with the ABC chain, Alec Baldwin said it does not feel guilty or even “responsible” of the death of Halyna Hutchins, ensuring that it had asked him to point to her his revolver, supposed to be totally harmless.