Alec Baldwin Argues No Financial Liability for Halyna Hutchins' Death, Wanted to Finish Film in Her Honor

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Alec Baldwin's lawyer says in a legal filing that someone should, in fact, be held responsible for the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of, but it shouldn't be the actor.In court documents, obtained by ET, Baldwin’s attorney filed an arbitration demand claiming the 63-year-old actor's contract protects him from financial responsibility in the the death of the late cinematographer.

Baldwin's attorney states that «this is a rare instance when the system broke down, and someone should be held legally culpable for the tragic consequences.

That person is not Alec Baldwin,» who is among the named defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Hutchins' estate. Baldwin, who has said he did not pull the trigger on the gun, denied being «reckless» on the set.In the legal filing against his fellow producers, Baldwin's lawyer blames the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and assistant director Dave Halls, claiming that they assured the actor the gun he was handed was not loaded with live rounds.

The actor doubled down, saying it wasn't his responsibility to check for live rounds. The filing claims Halls announced «Cold gun!» before handing Baldwin the pistol for rehearsal.«Immediately before the handoff to Baldwin, upon information and belief, Halls had taken the gun off a prop 2 cart after it had been loaded by the set’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the person responsible for gun safety and managing the operation of firearm-related props on the set,» the arbitration demand read. «Reed claims to have personally checked all of the rounds to ensure that they weren’t 'hot' and then loaded them into the pistol.