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Alec Baldwin (archive image): The relatives of the deceased are demanding compensation
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ANGELA WEISS / AFP
Almost four months after Halyna Hutchins died while shooting a film with Hollywood star Alec Baldwin, the camerawoman's relatives have filed a lawsuit.
Baldwin and other film participants are accused of grossly negligent behavior.
The wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Numerous precautions were violated during the shoot, attorney Brian Panish said at a press conference in Los Angeles.
The "reckless behavior and austerity measures" of Baldwin and the film's other producers led to Hutchins' death.
The complaint has been submitted to the German Press Agency.
According to Panish, the relatives are demanding compensation of an undisclosed amount after the "tragic loss" of the camerawoman.
A procedure with a jury should decide.
Hutchins is survived by a husband and a nine-year-old son.
In the incident during the shooting of the low-budget western »Rust« on a film ranch in Santa Fe, chief camerawoman Hutchins (42) was fatally injured on October 21 and director Joel Souza was hit in the shoulder.
Baldwin, who serves as lead actor and producer on the film, had operated the gun in rehearsal for one scene.
Investigations revealed that the Colt had a real bullet in it.
Police investigations into how this happened are ongoing.
The Hollywood star denied any responsibility for Hutchins' death in early December.
The US actor said in an interview that he had been told that the weapon was “cold”, i.e. it contained no live ammunition.
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