During an on-stage discussion at the Boulder International Film Festival, Baldwin also implied he’s being sued by greedy litigants going after rich people with ‘deep pockets’
Matt Hutchins said it was infuriating and painful to watch Baldwin go on ABC News in early December and detail how he was holding the gun that killed his wife of 16 years – but then say he was in no way responsible. Baldwin told George Stephanopoulos he felt no guilt about what happened and said: “Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can’t say who that is, but it’s not me.”
Hutchins said Baldwin’s comments “crystallized” his anger. He specifically called out Baldwin for trying to blame his wife for being in the line of fire. Baldwin told Stephanopolous that, while rehearsing a gunfight scene, Halyna Hutchins had asked him to point the gun off camera and toward her arm just before it fired.
According to a search warrant filed by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s office as part of an ongoing investigation, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed loaded the gun, while assistant director Dave Halls told Baldwin that the gun was safe to use. Somehow a live round ended up in the gun and when it was fired, the round struck and killed Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza.
Immediately after the shooting, Baldwin enjoyed an outpouring of public goodwill from people who believed that the veteran film and TV star had been inadvertently caught up in a tragic accident. Celebrity friends, fans and even his usual critics expressed sympathy for how devastated he must feel.
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