It seems like Alec Baldwin just got more bad news, for some reason these privileged people like Alec don’t get prison time despite having fatally shot the cinematographer on the set “Rust.”

Hayla Hutchins was fatally shot last October during a rehearsal for a scene for the film, which was being shot near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Director Joel Souza was also injured in the shooting which occurred when Baldwin practiced a draw with a revolver and fired the weapon.

CNN reported that the family of the cinematographer that he fatally shot is now suing Baldwin, claiming that his conduct was reckless and violated numerous industry standards.

The New York Post reported that Baldwin shot the cinematographer on the set of “Rust,” for some reason pointing the gun that way and pulling the trigger:

Alec Baldwin “intentionally” fired a gun toward cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the “Rust” movie set, disregarding set protocol in the deadly shooting, according to a new lawsuit filed Wednesday.

[…]In the suit, Mitchell claimed, “Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or excuse, cocked and fired and loaded gun even though the upcoming scene to be filmed did not call for the cocking and firing of a firearm.”

She also said every safety protocol designed to ensure safety with a firearm on set was ignored, such as the presence of live ammunition on set, and that “actions that were taken” that day “were against all industry norms.”

Well, Baldwin’s misery doesn’t end there, because aside from new lawsuits, he also lost his TV show, “Match Game.”

“Match Game,” a show Baldwin hosts, is not expected to return ot ABC this summer, with the network deciding on other summer game shows for its programming lineup, according to an article in Variety.

However, the decision to cut “Match Game” was supposedly not related to the “Rust” shooting, as Variety reports, saying:

The fate of “Match Game” had been the source of speculation in the wake of Baldwin’s accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the independent production “Rust” last fall.

But ABC’s decision to cancel “Match Game” is not related to that incident; “Match Game” hasn’t been in production since 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic — and only aired two new episodes in 2021, which had been left over from the previous year.

Trending Politics commented:

Even if it was cut because of the “Rust” shooting, the decision might be a good one for Baldwin: staying out of the public eye until he’s vindicated would probably be best from a public relations perspective.

So, keeping him off a game show would probably be what his PR team wants, as it means he can keep hidden and people won’t remember the incident, whereas if he’s on TV in an even unrelated role the shooting will probably come up, or people will at least think of it.

Still, the cancellation must be yet another sting for Baldwin in an already bad past few months.

Baldwin’s attorney has denied that Baldwin did anything wrong in the “Rust” incident, saying:

We continue to cooperate with the authorities to determine how live ammunition arrived on the ‘Rust’ set in the first place. Any claim that Alec was reckless is entirely false. He, Halyna and the rest of the crew relied on the statement by the two professionals responsible for checking the gun that it was a ‘cold gun’ — meaning there is no possibility of a discharge, blank or otherwise. This protocol has worked on thousands of films, with millions of discharges, as there has never before been an incident on a set where an actual bullet harmed anyone.

Sources: New York Post, Trendingpolitics, CNN

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  1. toots

    why hasn’t he been arrested and charged with the very least manslaughter, it was murder by design but seems to be getting away with it.

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