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Alec Baldwin Acted With Reckless Disregard On Rust Set, D.A.
OutspokenRustgaffer Serge Svetnoyis also on the list.
Absent from the witness list isRust1st assistant director David Halls.
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Escaping further prosecution, Halls agreement with the DA remains under seal.
The company is appealing the ruling and the nearly $137,000 fine.
The armorers role is to provide that proper safe handling and management in order for them to do so.
A locked gate at the entrance to the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, NMGI
Gutierrez-Reed not only failed in this regard but was not even present.
All these actions knowingly without an armorer present against industry safety standards, practice and Union regulations.
Pickle responded the same day: Let me talk to Row Katherine Row Walters, the unit production manager.
Later that day, Gutierrez-Reed texted Pickle about the guns and her weapons training of the child actor.
Pickle responded the same day and asked, How many Armor (sic) days are you requesting?
Alec had informed the camera crew he wanted the kid removed and away from the gunfire.
Hazardous conditions are special effects, which potentially could be physically dangerous to the child performer.
(Kenney is no relation to New Mexico Environment Cabinet Secretary James Kenney.)
Id like Hannah to remind people that firearms are not toys, they are real weapons.
Two days later, on October 16, there were two firearms misfires on the set.
During that interview, the police informed Baldwin that Hutchins had died of her wound.
Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger.
It is not known how the misfire happened, the police report says.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed stated that Blake Teixieras only comment was it just went off.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed described that it is probable the rifle fired by being placed onto the ground too roughly.
This is super unsafe.
Walters responded, Accidental discharge on the firearms?
Luper responded, Yeah 2 discharges today and 1 on week 1.
According to the bureaus report, Walters did not ask any additional questions.
Ms. Gutierrez-Reed then asked her to clarify: Training days?
Ms. Pickle responded, Like training Alec and such.
Joel stated that the workday started at approximately 6:30 a.m., Canno wrote in his report.
He went on to say that the crew usually meets for breakfast on the property.
But she never got the chance.
The detective wrote in his report that Russell informed me he was indecisive whether he should stay or go.
Reid indicated he spoke to Halyna and she begged him to stay and persuaded him.
The second issue Id like to bring up in regards to safety has to do with weapons.
During the filming of gunfights on this job things are often played very fast and loose.
I personally suffer from pretty bad tinnitus and the SFX explosive sent my ears ringing until I got home.
To be clear, there are NO safety meetings these days.
The have been NO explanations as to what to expect for these shots.
Or worse, that person did not come in the next day because the worst happened.
And not a day later tragedy strikes.
You failed Halyna and the entire cast and crew.
It is abhorrent and disgusting the stories I hear coming out of the set.
It was unsafe and unhealthy from the beginning and everyone just shrugged and carried on.
Rust Movie Productions did not willfully violate any safety protocol, and in fact enforced all applicable safety protocols.
Reid and Kenney insist theres no way that could have happened.
In late 2021, Baldwin wasnt so sure that the cops knew what they were doing.
Im told their agenda is to write it off as an accident and throw it to the civil courts.
I dismissed the sabotage claim initially, but not now.
Again, law enforcement officials have found no evidence of sabotage on the set ofRust.
The suit identified Smith as the films producer and Cheney as its executive producer.
More recently, it seems the tone between the Hutchins family and Baldwin andRustproducers has shifted.
Matthew Hutchins has not been named on the DAs witness list, at least not yet.
That could change if the case goes to trial.
