The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer that was killed while rehearsing a scene for the film "Rust" when Alec Baldwin discharged a firearm he was told was unloaded, has retained counsel.
Los Angeles-based personal injury law firm Panish, Shea, Boyle, Ravipudi LLP has been hired by the family, per a statement obtained by Fox News.
"Respecting Mr. Hutchins request for privacy as the family grieves the loss of Halyna Hutchins, the firm will not be making any statements at this time," the message read.
According to the firm's website, they practice law related to "personal injury, wrongful death litigation and business litigation."
Terese Davis, costume designer for the movie "Rust," has spoken out against the claims of poor working conditions on the movie.
"Movie sets for me are like families, they are each beautiful experiences and 'Rust' was a particularly tight set," she told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. "[Cinematographer] Halyna [Hutchins] was at the center of our family, the brightest light and to have 1 or 2 people destroy her beauty with ugly, false noise is compounding the hurt and making the grieving process that much harder."
The designer added: "This is a time for people to come together to comfort one another."
On Tuesday, "Rust" star Alec Baldwin shared a lengthy comment from Davis who defended the movie's producers and called rumors of a poor work environment on the movie "bulls--t."
She added that she plans to advocate for better gun safety on movie sets, going so far as to say she'd fight to keep live guns off of movie sets altogether.
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Alec Baldwin took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a message on Instagram from one of the "Rust" movie crew members. He captioned the post: "Read this."
The post came from Terese Davis, who appears to have been a part of the costume department.
"I'm so sick of this narrative," Davis began. "I worked on this movie. The story being spun of us being overworked and surrounded by unsafe, chaotic conditions is bulls--t."
Davis then discussed the amount of time the crew worked and how they were not "too tired to do their jobs."
"This is all provable by daily time sheets," she shared.
Davis also addressed reports that crew members were promised hotel rooms near the Santa Fe, New Mexico set. However, after the second week of production, they reportedly learned that the production would no longer be footing the bill for hotels.
"The camera crew HAD hotels. They just didn't feel they they were fancy enough," Davis claimed.
Davis defended the producers of "Rust," stating "concerns were heard and addressed."
She then claimed that the crew had a "union rep" who advised production to "not give into the camera crew" and they were "given permission to hire off" of a union overflow list.
Davis went on to discuss the hiring of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director Dave Halls, stating that Gutierrez had a good resume and "great references." She said Halls "never seemed flippant about safety." She did note that Halls was "stressed" that day because of the camera crew walkout and "obviously he screwed up majorly that day."
"We had several safety meetings. Sometimes multiple per day," she said.
Davis concluded her note by stating that this was about "gun safety" and that she'll fight for better gun safety and no longer using live guns on-set in Halyna Hutchins' name.
{{#rendered}}New details have emerged regarding how Halyna Hutchins tried to mediate a dispute among the crew and production of 'Rust' that led to a camera crew walkout on the morning of her tragic accidental death.
"We felt bad leaving because of Halyna," one of the camera technicians told The Los Angeles Times. "I was torn. We all really liked her."
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As he takes a step back from the public eye as his wife, Hilaria, fears he may suffer PTSD over the accidental shooting incident that took place on the movie "Rust," Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to take a shot at Sen. Joe Manchin amid his ongoing disputes with fellow Democrats over President Joe Biden's agenda.
"Manchin will either primary Biden or switch parties and run as a Republican," Baldwin mused Tuesday morning.
After assistant director Dave Halls broke his silence about the deadly shooting on the set of "Rust," more criticism about his work have come up.
In a lengthy expose about the conditions in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the movie was filming before it halted following the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, a digital utility technician named Jonas Huerta admitted to feeling "anxious" on set because of Halls' alleged fast-moving pace.
"I also feel anxious on set, I’ve seen firsthand our [assistant director] rush to get shots and he skips over important protocols," Huerta wrote in his email to the LA Times.
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{{#rendered}}Alec Baldwin addressed photographers in Vermont amid the ongoing "Rust" movie shooting investigation on Saturday.
The actor and producer conducted an impromptu press conference roadside, during which he said he is cooperating with police and has been speaking to them every day regarding the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Baldwin maintained that he could not speak on the active investigation.
"It's an active investigation in terms of a woman died. She was my friend," Baldwin said. "We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together, and then this horrible event happened."
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