Alec Baldwin Made Massive 'Wrong' Move After 'Rust' Shooting, Lawyer Says
Following the tragedy of the "Rust" shooting, Alec Baldwin is said to have committed a terrible mistake.
According to attorney Mike Emrani, the "30 Rock" star made a mistake by agreeing to meet with ABC to discuss what happened on the day of the shooting.
Baldwin spoke up about the tragedy in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos a few weeks after it occurred. He claimed that he was not the one who pulled the trigger that killed Halyna Hutchins and critically injured film director Joel Souza.
In the opinion of Emrani who spoke to OK magazine, Baldwin's decision to talk about it in the media was not the greatest course of action the actor could have chosen.
In the event that he were to represent the actor, he would supposedly advise him to remain silent under any and all circumstances.
Due to the fact that many people who watched the interview believed what he said was factual, and others believed Baldwin was lying, the results were mixed.
Although the interview was extremely dangerous, the lawyer stated that it was still worth it.
He also expressed concern that, as a result of the extensive media coverage, potential jurors' perceptions on the case may already be distorted.
A number of people, including Alec Baldwin, who was not only the actor but also the producer on "Rust," were named in Hutchins' family's wrongful death lawsuit after the 63-year-old actor allegedly discharged a prop gun that was accidentally loaded with live rounds of ammunition during the filming of "Rust." Baldwin was not named in the wrongful death complaint.
Baldwin was handed the loaded handgun by a number of people, including prop master Sarah Zachry, head armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, and assistant director Dave Halls, according to an affidavit previously submitted by the cast and crew.
Furthermore, Emrani believes that all of their depositions will be useful in identifying what really happened when Halyna Hutchins was killed, according to her.
The expert also went over the various charges that the defendants could be facing if they were found guilty.
He claims that, according to "Many details will be revealed as a result of those sworn depositions. They are under oath and under penalty of perjury, so any inconsistencies may be used to their advantage in narrating the story."
The fact that other "Rust" production crew members also walked out due to unsafe working conditions, with some describing the set as "unsafe" and "chaotic," could potentially play a role in the outcome of the case, according to some sources.
However, the lawyer cautioned that the evidence may or may not be acceptable in court, depending on how it was obtained.
In any case, whatever the issue was or if a better standard of security should have been in place around the firearms, any trend or tendency you may detect [about a lack of safety] could only be used against them.
