Lawyers for ‘Rust’ armourer move to get case dismissed after Baldwin trial collapses

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Lawyers for ‘Rust’ armourer move to get case dismissed after Baldwin trial collapses
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I rarely comment, but your statement is factually incorrect on a few points. I assume when you stated "Alina", you are referring to Halyna Hutchins. There were safety complaints filed by other production members, but not by her. The way you framed this statement also implies she may have been killed as retribution because she filed a safety complaint, which again, she did not.

If there is a credible source that the victim in this tragedy filed a safety complaint before her death, I will happily amend or delete my comment. I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything and this is certainly no attack on you personally, it just bothers me when I see misinformation.

I rarely comment, but your statement is factually incorrect on a few points. I assume when you stated "Alina", you are referring to Halyna Hutchins

I apologize for a friggin typo. That’s not a factually incorrect statement, however.

There were safety complaints filed by other production members, but not by her. The way you framed this statement also implies she may have been killed as retribution because she filed a safety complaint, which again, she did not.

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There were safety complaints filed by other production members, but not by her. The way you framed this statement also implies she may have been killed as retribution because she filed a safety complaint, which again, she did not.

This makes her a whistleblower and provides (possible) motivation. Do you have any idea how much it costs for a single day of shooting? Proper safety protocols would have slowed down production, increasing costs.

I’ve been unable to find information on who actually filed those complaints, and assume the union wouldn't tell management who did- and I would be shocked if they did (that’d make them rats.)

Something to think about when Baldwin puts on his most sincere act ever and insists it was an accident and not his fault.

Also as a side note, there’s apparently a small technical mistake that HGR was in fact not the armorer (her contract for that apparently expired a few days earlier.)(she was still acting as armorer even if she wasn’t technically designated as such,)