Alec Baldwin Sued For Wrongful Death -- Halyna Hutchins' Family Calls BS On Claim He Didn't Fire The Gun

Alec Baldwin is NOT doing a good job handling the Rust shooting fallout.

The husband of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer shot and killed on the set of "Rust," is recalling the moment he learned of her shooting. In a sit-down interview that aired on Thursday, Matthew Hutchins revealed to "Today" co-anchor Hoda Kotb that a member of the production team informed him that his wife of 16 years had been shot. "My heart sank right away," Matthew said, adding that it was "completely inexplicable to me that it could have happened in that moment." "The first thing I thought was, ‘I have to be with my son,’" Hutchins continued.  Hoda Kotb interview with Matt Hutchins.

The husband of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer shot and killed on the set of "Rust," says it's absurd Alec Baldwin won't accept responsibility for her death. "The idea that the person holding the gun and causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me," Matthew Hutchins explained to NBC News' "Today" co-anchor Hoda Kotb during an interview that airs Thursday. "But gun safety was not the only problem on that set," Hutchins added.

Months after the tragic death of his wife, Halyna Hutchins, Matt Hutchins is addressing the world in his first TV interview.

“Today” in a preview clip for an interview that will air on Thursday morning. “I was just so angry to see him talk about her death so publicly, in such a detailed way and then to not accept any responsibility after having just described killing her.”Matt Hutchins also recently filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Baldwin and others associated with “Rust” as the criminal investigation into Hutchins’ death by authorities remains ongoing. And Matt Hutchins also laid blame not just on Baldwin but pointed to other problems on set.

tragic death of his wife, Halyna Hutchins, Matt Hutchins is addressing the world in his first TV interview. In a preview clip of his sit-down with 's Hoda Kotb, which will air on Thursday, Matt was asked if he watched Alec Baldwin's TV interview with  co-anchor George Stephanopoulos. Matt said he did watch it, and it made him angry.«Yeah.

ARLINGTON, Vt. -- Alec Baldwin and his family have purchased a retreat in Vermont — a farmhouse and about 50 acres.The historic farmhouse, built before 1800, and a guest cottage rest on “50-something acres” and the property is “just gorgeous,” Faith Rhodes, principal broker and owner of Rhodes Real Estate, told the Bennington Banner.Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria, drew media interest when they visited last fall after a gun the actor was holding discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a New Mexico movie set.

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Taking action. The family of Halyna Hutchins, who died in the shooting on the set of Rust, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and other individuals involved in the movie’s production.

This morning Hutchins estate attorney Brian Panish put blame on Rust producers and Baldwin for their negligence with safety during production of the western that led to Hutchins being shot and killed by a prop gun discharged by the Oscar nominated actor, an incident that also saw the pic’s director Joel Souza injured. Using an animated video to reconstruct the alleged incidents that occurred, Panish showed Baldwin cross-drawing and firing the gun straight at crew during a “line-up”.

Rust production team.On October 21 last year, Baldwin is alleged to have discharged a prop firearm during rehearsal on set at Bonanza Creed Ranch in New Mexico which injured director Joel Souza and killed Hutchins.At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 15), lawyers for the Hutchins family announced they had filed a lawsuit against Baldwin and “others who are responsible for the safety on set, and whose reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to the senseless, tragic death of Halyna Hutchins”.Names mentioned in the lawsuit (via Deadline) include actor and producer Baldwin, producers Ryan Smith, Allen Cheney, Nathan Klingher, Ryan Winterstern, Anjul Nigam, Matthew DelPiano, and Emily Salveson. Armourers Hannah Gutierrez Reed and Seth Kenney are also named, alongside crew members Sarah Zachry, Dave Halls, Gabrielle Pickle and others.The lawsuit claims the Rust production team “disregarded at least 15 Industry Standards” of on-set safety.

The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer shot and killed on the set of "Rust" on Oct. 21, announced the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit at a press conference Tuesday. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of Halyna's husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros, in New Mexico, names Alec Baldwin and others who "are responsible for the safety on the set" and "reckless behavior and cost-cutting" that led to the death of Hutchins, according to Hutchins' lawyer.

Halyna Hutchins’s family is suing Alec Baldwin for her death after the cinematographer was shot on the set of Rust last year. Halyna, 42, was fatally shot in October 2021 after Alec let off a prop gun which he had been told was safe to use. The Ukrainian cinematographer is survived by her husband and their son.

LOS ANGELES -- The family of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” sued Alec Baldwin and the movie's producers Tuesday for wrongful death.Lawyers for the family of Halyna Hutchins announced the lawsuit filed in New Mexico in the name of Hutchins' husband, Matthew Hutchins, and their son, Andros, at a Los Angeles news conference.At least four other lawsuits have been filed over the shooting, but this is the first directly tied to one of the two people shot.The “reckless conduct and cost-cutting measures” of Baldwin and the film's producers “led to the death of Halyna Hutchins,” attorney Brian Panish said.A video created by the attorneys showed an animated recreation of the shooting.Baldwin, who was also a producer on the film, was pointing a gun at Hutchins during the setup for the filming of a scene for the western in New Mexico on Oct. 21 when it went off, killing Hutchins and wounding the director, Joel Souza.Baldwin has said he was pointing the gun at Hutchins at her instruction and it went off without him pulling the trigger.The attorneys said in the video that Baldwin had turned down training for the kind of gun draw he was doing when he shot Hutchins.It said industry standards call for using a rubber or similar prop gun during the setup that was happening, and there was no call for a real gun.Emails sent seeking comment from an attorney for Baldwin and a representative of the film's other producers were not immediately returned.Last month, nearly three months after the shooting, Baldwin turned over his cellphone to authorities in his home state of New York.

The family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has finally taken legal action against the Rust producers, including Alec Baldwin, nearly 4 months after her tragic on-set death. Lawyer Brian Panish filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday (Feb. 15) in New Mexico on behalf of Halyna’s husband Matthew and their 9-year-old son Angelo, according to multiple reports. The lawsuit specifically called out Alec, 63, and the film’s producers for their “reckless behavior” on the film’s set the day Halyna died (Oct. 21). For those that forget, Alec accidentally discharged a prop gun that killed Halyna and injured director Joel Souza during filming.

Other defendants named in the lawsuit filed in Santa Fe County include the production’s assistant director Dave Halls, who handed Baldwin the firearm that shot Hutchins, and the production’s armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and prop master Sarah Zachry. The case is expected to go to trial in 18-24 months.