Alec Baldwin and other ‘Rust’ producers settle crew members’ lawsuit
Alec Baldwin and other “Rust” film producers agreed to settle a trial for negligence brought by three crew members of the New Mexico who witnessed the deadly filming in 2021 of the director of photography of the film.
Ross Addiego crew, Doran Curtin and Reese Price filed the trial in 2023, requesting compensation for the trauma they said they had suffered after Baldwin accidentally shot Halyna Hutchins. The crew members set up their equipment in a small wooden church on the cinema set when the shooting occurred.
In the trial, crew members blamed the tragedy of “dangerous costs reduction” and “non-compliance with industry safety rules”. The film star, Baldwin, was also a producer in the western on a low budget.
The complainants continued Baldwin, his company El Dorado Pictures and Rust Movie Productions LLC, alleging the negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In the costume, the crew members argued that Baldwin and other producers “cut the corners, ignored the reports of multiple firearms of firearms and not scripted and persisted, rushed and lacks staff to finish the film.”
Baldwin and his producers’ colleagues have long denied such allegations.
Last week, the two parties asked a judge of the New Mexico civil court to reject the case.
“All complaints have been settled and compromised,” wrote lawyers for both parties in a joint request on June 25.
The terms of the proposed regulation have not been disclosed. Representatives of both parties refused to comment.
“Each party has agreed to endure its own fees and costs,” the lawyers wrote.
The film was late on the shooting calendar after the members of the camera crew had left the set. Camera technicians said they were frustrated by the inaction concerning their complaints of a lack of housing nearby, precipitated conditions and security violations, including rejections of accidental rifles.
The shooting won the life of Hutchins, 42. She died that day, leaving behind her husband, their son and her family in Ukraine. The producers previously set up an unjustified death trial brought in the name of her husband, Matthew Hutchins.
The director of the film, Joel Souza, suffered a ball injury. He, Addiego and other crew members testified that they had struggled for months with the physical and emotional assessment after the shooting.
Addiego was the operator Dolly of the film, responsible for operating the mechanisms of the movement of the camera. Curtin was the defined costumeur, supervising costumes and accessories. The price was the key socket, which managed the non -electric support equipment.
New Mexico authorities brought three criminal prosecution, notably against Baldwin, who pointed the weapon on Hutchins during a configuration shooting for a close-up of the Baldwin revolver.
Baldwin pleaded not guilty of manslaughter and his large -scale trial suddenly ended last July after the former judge of the judicial court of 1st Mexico, Mary Marlowe Sommer, rejected the accusation.
The judge noted that the special prosecutor and the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Sheriff had concealed the evidence to the Baldwin legal team, who, according to the judge, prejudicial to the case against Baldwin.
At the time, the actor-producer team explored whether the prosecutors and the Sheriff deputies have shifted the investigation into how the balls made their way on the entire desert.
The Hannah Gutierrez weapons manager was found guilty of manslaughter after a two -week trial last year. Arizona’s wife was released from prison last month after serving 14 months.
Deputy Director David Halls was also charged. He did not argue any competitions for the use of a deadly weapon and was sentenced to a six -month suspended sentence.
Baldwin and other producers resumed the production of “rust” in Montana 18 months after Hutchins shooting. The film was released this spring.
