New court documents allege Alec Baldwin was ‘engaging in horseplay’ with a gun before a fatal shooting of a crew member
Prosecutors have made allegations against actor Alec Baldwin regarding the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the western film ”Rust” in 2021. They claim Baldwin mishandled a firearm during filming, leading to Hutchins’ death. According to the court documents, Baldwin requested the largest gun available and used it to direct crew members, discharging it after the director had called “cut.” Furthermore, Baldwin is accused of engaging in reckless behavior, including using the gun in horseplay and pointing it at a crew member while firing a blank round. This information has been presented ahead of Baldwin’s upcoming trial.
In a new court filing, prosecutors have revealed some of the allegations against actor Alec Baldwin that will be presented in his upcoming trial.
The 66-year-old will stand trial in conjunction with the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed in 2021 by a firearm Baldwin was holding while filming the Western film, “Rust.” The actor maintains that the gun misfired, and he never pulled the trigger. But now reps for Hutchins claim Baldwin engaged in unsafe behaviors on the set.
New court documents claim Baldwin asked for the “biggest” gun available and proceeded to mishandle it during filming.
The documents prepared by prosecutors state that the “30 Rock” star “used his gun as a pointer directing crew members” and “discharged the revolver after the filming was over and ‘cut’ was called.”
In the court filing, prosecutors claim Baldwin “engaged in horseplay with the revolver while making videos.” Baldwin stands accused of pointing the gun at a crew member and firing a blank round “while using that crew member as a line of site (sic) as his perceived target,” according to the documents. They say he also “shot several scenes wherein he placed his finger on the trigger of the revolver where the scene did not require any shooting of the firearm.”
Baldwin pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charges. He has attempted to have charges dismissed and rejected a plea deal.
The team also claims that the actor “was insistent that he not be required to follow safety recommendations made by film set safety experts” when filming resumed in Montana a year after Hutchins’ death.
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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, set armorer for “Rust,” was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter charges earlier this year.
Baldwin also recently announced that he will star in a reality show about his life along with his wife, Hilaria, and their seven children. The news was met with skepticism, including from celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred.
“This appears to me to be a calculated and cynical public relations move to try to influence the jury pool in New Mexico to think of him as a sympathetic family man rather than as the killer of Halyna Hutchins,” she told TMZ of the series.
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