{"id":1363014,"date":"2022-03-07T16:54:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1363014"},"modified":"2022-03-07T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T21:54:09","slug":"alec-baldwin-lawsuits-over-rust-shooting-are-targeting-me-because-i-have-deep-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-lawsuits-over-rust-shooting-are-targeting-me-because-i-have-deep-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin: Lawsuits over &#039;Rust&#039; Shooting Are Targeting Me Because I Have &#039;Deep Pockets&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falec-baldwin-lawsuits-over-rust-shooting-are-targeting-me-because-i-have-deep-pockets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1363014&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Alec Baldwin responded to the lawsuits seeking to hold him accountable for last year\u2019s fatal shooting on the set of the indie western <em>Rust<\/em>, claiming he is being targeted because he is wealthy.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Boss Baby\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u00a0star made the comments during a public event at the Boulder International Film Festival in Colorado on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat you have is a certain group of people, litigants and whatever, on whatever side, who their attitude is, \u2018well the people who likely seem negligent have no money and the people who have money are not negligent,\u2019 \u201d Baldwin said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/06\/entertainment\/alec-baldwin-rust-lawsuits-boulder\/index.html\">video footage<\/a> obtained by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin appeared to be alluding to the movie\u2019s head armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and assistant director Dave Halls, who are believed to be the last two individuals to handle the firearm before it was given to Baldwin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20144362\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1358168423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20144362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1358168423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Alec Baldwin speaks onstage during the 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala on December 09, 2021 in New York City. (Slaven Vlasic\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo we have people that are suing people that they think are deep-pockets litigants,\u201d Alec Baldwin added. \u201cWhy sue people if you\u2019re not going to get money? That\u2019s what you\u2019re doing it for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/15\/halyna-hutchins-family-files-wrongful-death-suit-against-alec-baldwin-others-over-rust-shooting\/\">facing a wrongful death lawsuit<\/a> from the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was was killed after the gun Baldwin was holding discharged on the New Mexico set of the movie <em>Rust<\/em> last year. \u00a0The actor has maintained his innocence throughout the case, claiming he didn\u2019t pull the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Hutchins, the husband of Halyna Hutchins, recently come out against Baldwin, telling NBC News\u2019 <em>Today<\/em> show that it\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/24\/slain-cinematographer-halyna-hutchins-husband-absurd-alec-baldwin-will-not-take-responsiblity\/\">absurd<\/a>\u201d the actor will not take responsibility for her death.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/29\/alec-baldwin-lawyers-up-for-multiple-rust-shooting-civil-suits\/\">facing lawsuits<\/a> from crew members\u00a0Serge Svetnoy and Mamie Mitchell. The actor could still face criminal charges for the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The actor and his family reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/20\/alec-baldwin-and-family-purchase-50-acre-retreat-in-vermont\/\">just\u00a0purchased<\/a> a retreat in Vermont, consisting of a farmhouse and about 50 acres.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alec Baldwin responded to the lawsuits seeking to hold him accountable for last year\u2019s fatal shooting on the set of the indie western Rust, claiming he is being targeted because<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1363014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}