Alec Baldwin doesn't want to be financially liable for Halyna Hutchins' death

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Alec Baldwin has insisted he is not "culpable" for Halyna Hutchins' death. The 63-year-old actor has filed an arbitration demand claiming his contract protects him from financial responsibility in the death of cinematographer, who was killed when a gun went off on the set of 'Rust' last October, and in the paperwork he has stressed that the events leading up to the tragedy had nothing to do with him.

Court documents obtained by 'Entertainment Tonight' state "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. " Alec - who is among the defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Halyna's family - insisted he wasn't "reckless" on the set, having previously denied pulling the trigger on the gun, and blamed armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and assistant director Dave Halls for telling him the weapon didn't have live rounds, and also mentioned Seth Kenney, who had supplied the ammunition for the movie.

The arbitration demand sent to producers stated: "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. "Reed claims to have personally checked all of the rounds to ensure that they weren’t 'hot' and then loaded them into the pistol.