Slain ‘Rust’ Cinematographer’s Family Plans to Sue Alec Baldwin
Slain Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ family has announced that they plan to file a civil lawsuit against Alec Baldwin after prosecutors dropped the criminal charges against him last week.
In 2021, as the Rust crew filmed a scene set in a church, Baldwin was practicing drawing his prop gun when the firearm discharged, killing Hutchins. The actor has consistently maintained that he did not pull the trigger and that instead the gun misfired. Before Thursday’s news that the involuntary manslaughter charges against him had been dropped, Baldwin faced a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison.
Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ parents and sister (mother Olga Solovey, father Anatolii Androsovych, and sister Svetlana Zemko) did not mince words in a statement provided to Deadline.