Halyna Hutchins’ family calls for Alec Baldwin to ‘face reality under oath’
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'Is his reality show just a veiled attempt to create sympathy for himself with a future jury pool in our civil case?' lawyer Gloria Allred asked.
The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film Rust, has filed a notice of deposition for actor Alec Baldwin to “face the real-life consequences that he caused” and “face reality under oath.”
On Tuesday, lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ family — parents Olga Solovey and Anatolii Androsovych and sister, Svetlana Zemko — told entertainment publication The Wrap she intends for Baldwin to testify “in person in my New York office, and his testimony will be recorded on video” during a deposition set for May 9.
“Halyna’s mother needs to hear Mr. Baldwin’s explanation under oath about what led to the death of her daughter,” Allred told the outlet.
This comes after Baldwin and his family have been addressing the fatal shooting in their new TLC reality TV series, The Baldwins.
In another statement, Allred said that Baldwin is “monetizing” the situation in his new reality show.
“As though it is not enough that Alec Baldwin killed their daughter, and that he was not held accountable in the criminal case because the case was dismissed with prejudice by the court before the jury could decide if he was guilty or not, now Alec Baldwin has compounded the pain of Halyna’s parents and sister by taking advantage of his increased fame and notoriety by monetizing it in a TLC reality show, where he takes on the role of victim after he shot and killed Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust,” Allred said.
She was also critical of The Baldwins series for sharing a therapy session with the actor in a preview for a future episode to discuss his alleged PTSD symptoms following the shooting.
