According to The New York Post, Halyna Hutchins’ closest relatives filed a civil lawsuit against Alec Baldwin on February 9, for “[alleged] battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, and loss of consortium.” Lawyer Gloria Allred is representing three members of Hutchins’ immediate family who are bringing forth the suit: her sister Svetlana Zemko and parents Olga Solovey and Anatolii Androsovych, who all live in Ukraine. Per The Washington Post, Allred shared in a press conference that Zemko “had a very close relationship with her big sister and she feels strongly anyone who is responsible for her loss must be held accountable.”
This comes months after Baldwin settled out of court with Halyna’s husband Matthew Hutchins, whom she shared a son with. CNN reported that the terms of the suit were not made public, but that Matthew would serve as executive producer on “Rust,” which reportedly would resume filming in 2023. The wrongful death lawsuit claimed that Rust Movie Productions, LLC and its producers “cut corners” and “chose to hire the cheapest crew available.”
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In the midst of these lawsuits against Baldwin and the production company of “Rust,” Baldwin himself has filed a lawsuit against a handful of crew members including the armorer, according to the New York Times. The suit accuses crew members of negligence for giving the actor a loaded gun in the first place, which led to Hutchins being shot and killed.
