Posted20 avril 2022, 22:12
The State of New Mexico believes that the producers of the film “Rust” have a share of responsibility in the death of the cinematographer.
Filming took place on a ranch in Santa Fe.
AFP
The producers of the film “Rust” are responsible for breaches of security conditions on the set where Alec Baldwin killed the director of photography, estimated Wednesday a report from the authorities of New Mexico.
On October 21, on a ranch in Santa Fe, the actor and producer was handling a revolver while he was working on a scene with Halyna Hutchins and the weapon he thought was harmless had gone off, fatally wounding the filmmaker. The police have not yet initiated criminal charges but do not rule out doing so, including once morest Alec Baldwin.
The State Department of the Environment in New Mexico, in the southwestern United States, conducted its own investigation into a civil case relating to the health and safety rules of filming.
Maximum fine
The producers of the movie “Rust” “showed a manifest disregard for the risks associated with firearms by systematically failing to enforce their own safety protocols,” their report says. They did not do enough “to ensure that the management of lethal weapons was given the time and attention necessary to ensure the safety of the teams”, adds the text.
The State of New Mexico thus issued the producers with a civil fine of 136,793 dollars (129,729 francs) and a report involving willful misconduct. This is the highest possible fine under state law, the New Mexico Department of the Environment said in a statement. The criminal investigation, unrelated to this decision, is still ongoing. Halyna Hutchins’ family has filed suit once morest Alec Baldwin and the film’s producers, and other civil suits have been filed.
Alec Baldwin said he was told his gun did not contain live ammunition, that Halyna Hutchins, the victim, told him to aim in his direction and that he did not pull the trigger when the shot was fired. fatal shot. “I have a feeling that someone is responsible for what happened, and I don’t know who it is. But it’s not me,” he said in an interview last December.
(AFP)
