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Alec Baldwinis speaking out about the death ofRustcinematographerHalyna Hutchins, claiming only those who were on set that day are the ones who “know exactly what happened.”
Speaking onThe Chris Cuomo Projectfor an interview that aired Tuesday, the 64-year-old actor said after noting that people are waiting on a district attorney’s report, “I know that every single person on the set of the film knows what happened.”
The incident occurred Oct. 21, when Baldwin washolding the gun that discharged and killed42-year-old Hutchins and injured directorJoel Souza. Baldwin has maintained thathe did not pull the triggerof the revolver.
“The people that are talking loudest about what happened or speculating about what happened were not on the set of the film … they talk on and on and on about ‘what if’ this and ‘what if’ that,” Baldwin continued in his conversation with Cuomo.
He added, “They have dined out on this, and the thing that they have in common is nobody was there. And everybody who was there, they know exactly what happened.”
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Alec Baldwin; Halyna Hutchins.Jim Spellman/Getty; Fred Hayes/Getty
Back in December, Baldwin said in an interview with ABC News’George Stephanopoulosthat he “didn’t pull the trigger” on the gun during the on-set tragedy: “The trigger wasn’t pulled. Ididn’t pull the trigger. I would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger on them, never.”
There have not been any criminal charges yet.
Luke Nikas, an attorney for Baldwin, said in a statement to ABC Newsthat the FBI report is “being misconstrued.“He added, “The gun fired in testing only one time — without having to pull the trigger — when the hammer was pulled back and the gun broke in two different places. The FBI was unable to fire the gun in any prior test, even when pulling the trigger, because it was in such poor condition.”
ABC News also obtained the postmortem report from the medical examiners, which noted that “review of available law enforcement reports showed no compelling demonstration that the firearm was intentionally loaded with live ammunition on set.” The document reportedly added, “Based on all available information, including the absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death, themanner of death is best classified as accident.”
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In a statement to ABC News regarding the FBI’s report, armorerHannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney Jason Bowles said, “These new filings demonstrate various production members' attempts from the very beginning to shirk responsibility and scapegoat Hannah, a 24-year-old armorer, for this tragedy.”
“Hannah was tasked with doing two jobs including props assistant andthe very important job as armorerbut not given adequate time and training days to do so despite repeated requests or the respect required of the armorer’s position and responsibilities,” Bowles added.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s detectives received the FBI’s completed forensic reports on Aug. 2, authorities confirmed in a Friday press release. Additionally, detectives are still in the process of “obtaining, processing, anddisclosing Alec Baldwin’s phone records.”
Once detectives finish reviewing the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator reports and the phone records, the final sheriff’s office investigation case file will be forwarded to the District Attorney for review and final charging decisions, the press release added.
Halyna Hutchins.Mat Hayward/Getty
In his interview with former CNN anchor Cuomo, 52, Baldwin insisted that Hutchins' death is the “real tragedy,” not his own reputation.
“I’m not the victim here. Things, for me, are gonna get better. Things, for me, are gonna get cleared up. I’m a thousand percent confident about that,” he added.
He went on to say that “nothing’s going to bring this woman back. She died,” and noted Hutchins had “a little boy,” sonAndros.
“Everything we’ve said doesn’t matter — me, my positioning, the press,” Baldwin continued. “The real tragedy here is what happened to this woman.”
source: people.com
