the victim’s parents are suing

American actor Alec Baldwin, author of a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust in 2021, is the subject of a complaint from the Ukrainian parents and the sister of his victim, the family lawyer announced on Thursday February 9. On October 21, 2021, this filming on a ranch in New Mexico (southwest of the United States) had turned tragic when Alec Baldwin had activated a weapon supposed to contain only blank bullets, but of which a very real projectile had killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, and injured director Joel Souza.

Alec Baldwin, who has always claimed his innocence, is currently being prosecuted by the New Mexico courts for manslaughter and faces a prison sentence, just like the gunsmith in the film Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. Separately, the Ukrainian family of Halyna Hutchins has decided to file a civil lawsuit against the actor and the production of the film, based in California, in a court of Los Angeles, explained their lawyer Gloria Allred. “Halyna was the light of their lives. (…) For our three clients, the tragic loss of their daughter and sister is heartbreaking”she said at a press conference. “But on top of this tragedy, they have to try to absorb this loss while living in Ukraine, in the middle of the war of [Vladimir] Cheese fries.”