Alec Baldwin: Actor calls for ‘misguided’ lawsuit filed by family of Halyna Hutchins to be dismissed | Ents & Arts News

Alec Baldwin is asking for a lawsuit filed by the dad and mom and sister of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to be dismissed by a decide.

In court docket paperwork filed on Thursday, the actor stated Olga Solovey, Anatolii Androsovych, and Svetlana Zemko filed the go well with to “acquire compensation” following Ms Hutchins’s loss of life in October 2021.

“The lack of a daughter and sister is undoubtedly painful in any circumstance,” the court docket doc learn, in response to Sky Information’ US associate community NBC.

“But Plaintiffs – who had been distanced from Halyna bodily, financially, and emotionally for years earlier than her loss of life – haven’t any viable reason for motion towards Defendants.

“This motion is particularly misguided.”

The household of the 42-year-old cinematographer filed the lawsuit back in February after she was killed throughout filming on set of the movie, simply exterior of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

It alleges battery, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional misery and lack of consortium, which is when a plaintiff seeks to recuperate compensation for damages to sure relationships on which they’re mutually dependent.

Baldwin, 65, was rehearsing with a gun for a scene when the weapon went off, killing Ms Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

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The star has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to two charges of involuntary manslaughter earlier this 12 months.

The actor was additionally sued by Ms Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, their son and property, alleging that reckless behaviour and cost-cutting led to her loss of life.

A settlement was reached exterior of court docket in October 2022.

The subsequent court docket listening to is scheduled for 9 June.