'Rust' Movie Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Says Alec Baldwin Pointed Gun 'Against All Rules And Common Sense'
The armorer on the set of the ill-fated "Rust" movie is speaking out after a court filing by Alec Baldwin.
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The armorer on the set of the ill-fated "Rust" movie is speaking out after a court filing by Alec Baldwin.
"What you have is a certain group of people, litigants and whatever, on whatever side, who their attitude is, 'well the people who likely seem negligent have no money and the people who have money are not negligent.'"
The family of Halyna Hutchins -- a cinematographer who was shot and killed on a New Mexico movie set last year -- has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin and several others.
A Republican New Mexico legislator wants movie actors and other film-set professionals to undergo state-sponsored gun-safety training after a cinematographer was fatally shot last year by Alec Baldwin with a weapon he says he thought was not loaded with live ammunition.
Last month, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office obtained a warrant to search Baldwin's phone.
According to the warrant obtained by CBSLA, sheriff's investigators seek to look at Baldwin's texts, emails, photos, movies, browser history and contacts.
Alec Baldwin Thursday shared a two-page open letter signed by 25 crew members from the movie "Rust" that defends working conditions on the set where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by a gun Baldwin was holding.
Both Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, deleted their accounts sometime Sunday.
"Well the trigger wasn't pulled, I didn't pull the trigger."
A script supervisor who was standing next to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when she was fatally shot with a prop weapon fired by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the film "Rust" sued the movie's producers Wednesday, alleging widespread negligence and claiming the scene Baldwin was rehearsing never called for him to fire the weapon.
The 60-year-old actor appeared on comedian Marc Maron's "WTF" podcast Monday where he called the tragedy "insane" and "infuriating."
The chief lighting technician for the film "Rust" sued the movie's producers and other crew members Wednesday, including actor/producer Alec Baldwin, alleging on-set negligence that led to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a bullet fired by Baldwin from a prop weapon.
"We're gonna switch over to rubber guns, and we're gonna take care of it in post, we're not gonna worry about the dollars, we won't worry about what it costs."
Acting conservatory Theatre of Arts in Hollywood was unable to hold the class the previous two years because of the pandemic.
Tracked down by paparazzi on the side of a road in Vermont alongside his wife Hilaria, Baldwin said he couldn't comment on the investigation into the death, which occurred on Oct. 21 south of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Gutierrez Reed insists that she has no idea how rounds of live ammunition ended up on the set.
A total of about 500 rounds of ammunition were seized from the movie set. They included blanks, dummy rounds and what investigators suspect are other live rounds.
The proposal would call for a ban on both live ammunition and the guns that carry it.
According to an affidavit, the 63-year-old actor was rehearsing removing the gun from its holster and aiming it at the camera when it went off.
A vigil was held Sunday in Burbank to honor the life of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who died after Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico movie set.
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A candlelight vigil is planned in Burbank Sunday for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed when actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a New Mexico movie set in a shooting that has sparked renewed calls for stepped-up safety on film sets.
One crew member was killed and a second was wounded Thursday afternoon when actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on a movie set in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In the wake of the shooting death of a crewmember with a prop gun by actor Alec Baldwin Thursday on a film set in New Mexico, a petition has been launched calling on Hollywood to ban the use of real firearms from film and television sets.
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Tom Girardi, the former high-powered Los Angeles attorney convicted of stealing at least $15 million from his clients, is seeking placement in a medical facility rather than prison to serve out his sentence.
Thirteen Mega Million jackpots have been won during December since the game began in 2002.
The attorney for LA Deputy Mayor Brian Williams issued a statement after the FBI searched his home during a bomb threat investigation.
The National Weather Service said 7-to-10-foot waves are expected on north to west-facing beaches in Los Angeles County.
Government watchdog claims Americans lost hundreds of millions to fraud related to the bank-operated mobile payments network.
Tom Girardi, the former high-powered Los Angeles attorney convicted of stealing at least $15 million from his clients, is seeking placement in a medical facility rather than prison to serve out his sentence.
The attorney for LA Deputy Mayor Brian Williams issued a statement after the FBI searched his home during a bomb threat investigation.
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