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| Alec Baldwin says he didn't pull the trigger | |
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| Actor Alec Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger of the gun on the set of his film ‘Rust’ in a first TV interview since the fatal incident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. | Actor Alec Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger of the gun on the set of his film ‘Rust’ in a first TV interview since the fatal incident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. |
| “The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger,” Baldwin told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview, which was teased on Wednesday. | “The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger,” Baldwin told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview, which was teased on Wednesday. |
| “So you never pulled the trigger?” Stephanopulous asked. | |
| “No, no, no, no. I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never,” Baldwin responded. | |
| Asked what he thought had happened, Baldwin said, “I have no idea. Someone put a live bullet in a gun. A bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property.” | |
| Hutchins, 42, was killed and ‘Rust’ director Joel Souza, 48, was wounded in the October 21 incident at the filming location in New Mexico. They were shot when Baldwin, 68, “discharged a prop firearm,” according to the police report. In the interview, Stephanopulous described the event as a “tragic accident.” | |
| Crew member Serge Svetnoy has since sued Baldwin, the assistant director who handed him the weapon, as well as the 24-year-old armorer, for “general negligence” that resulted in the death of Hutchins. Svetnoy claims the bullet barely missed him, and that he held Hutchins as she died. |