Actor Alec Baldwin is facing a new legal challenge over the Rust shooting as the criminal case against him awaits trial.

On Thursday, attorney Gloria Allred announced a new lawsuit against Baldwin on behalf of the parents and sister of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot by Baldwin on October 21, 2021, while filming the movie Rust.

Speaking at a press conference announcing the suit, Allred said, “Halyna was the light in their lives” and added that Hutchins’ mother, Olga, “had a very close relationship with her daughter, and they depended on each other for emotional and financial support.”

The latest legal battle comes less than two weeks after Baldwin was formally charged, alongside on-set armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, for two counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection to Hutchins’ death. Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed have both denied the charges.

The ongoing criminal case is still going through hearings to determine if the 64-year-old actor will have to go to trial for the 2021 accident.

Actor Alec Baldwin arrives at the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at the Hilton Midtown in New York on December 6, 2022. Baldwin is facing a new legal challenge over the “Rust” shooting as the criminal case against him awaits trial.
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On Thursday, Allred added that there has been “no outreach” from the actor to the Hutchins family “even to say sorry.”

“We haven’t heard from Alec Baldwin, the man with the gun,” the high-profile attorney said.

There was also a separate wrongful death suit that had been filed against the producers of Rust by Hutchins’ husband, Matthew Hutchins, which was settled in October 2022.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

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