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Alec Baldwin fatal shooting: The Rust production team was fined US $ 140,000

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Alec Baldwin fatal shooting: The Rust production team was fined US $ 140,000

The filming team Rust responsible for violations of security conditions on the set in which Alec Baldwin killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a report by New Mexico state authorities estimated Wednesday, which gave him a civil fine of 136 793 US dollars (about 171,000 Canadian dollars).

On Oct. 21, actor and producer Alec Baldwin was holding a gun on a ranch in Santa Fe while filming with Halyna Hutchins before the gun, which he thinks is harmless, rang and injured the director of photography.

Police have not yet initiated criminal cases but have not ruled out doing so, including against Alec Baldwin.

The Department of the Environment in the state of New Mexico, in the southwestern United States, has conducted its own investigation into a civil case related to the health and safety rules of filming.

The filming team Rust may demonstrates explicit disregard for the risks associated with firearms by continuing to fail to implement their own safety protocolsunderlined its report.

He did not do enough to ensure that the management of deadly weapons is given the time and attention necessary to ensure the safety of teamstext added.

The State of New Mexico awarded the production team a civil fine of 136,793 US dollars (nearly 171,000 Canadian dollars) and a ticket involving willful misconduct.

This is the highest possible fine under state law, the New Mexico Department of the Environment said in a statement.

The criminal investigation, unrelated to this decision, is still ongoing.

Other civil complaints

Halyna Hutchins ’family has filed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and the film’s production team, and other civil lawsuits have been filed.

Alec Baldwin said he was told his gun had no live ammunition, victim Halyna Hutchins told him to aim his direction, and he did not pull the trigger when the fatal gunshot occurred.

I had a sense of responsibility for what happened, and I didn’t know who it was. But that’s not mehe said in an interview in December.

Source: Radio-Canada

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