A judge has agreed to seal from public view the terms of a proposed settlement agreement that benefits the son of slain cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, in a wrongful death lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin and an array of producers and crew involved linked to Hutchins' death in a fatal film set shooting.
Baldwin, an actor and film co-producer, was pointing a pistol at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding the director, Joel Souza, on the set of the Western movie "Rust" during a movie rehearsal on the outskirts of Santa Fe in 2021.
Attorneys for the boy said Monday that secrecy provisions are paramount to protect the boy's privacy and finalize a settlement with "Rust" producers. But the judge agreed that the privacy rights of the boy outweighed court obligations for public disclosure, and ordered that the settlement documents and approval hearings be sealed.
The civil lawsuit argues that Baldwin and other film crewmembers ignored industry gun safety rules on the set of "Rust." Baldwin and other defendants have disputed those accusations.
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