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Civil Litigation

Oct. 6, 2022

Baldwin remains in jeopardy despite unusual settlement

Widower Matthew Hutchins’ “statements look very different from those originally put out by his attorneys, and I’m sure Alec Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions LLC paid a little extra for those statements,” commented Neama Rahmani of West Coast Trial Lawyers.

A settlement of a lawsuit by the family of a cinematographer killed on the set of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” may benefit the actor in criminal proceedings, but won’t protect him completely, legal experts said, with some saying they had never seen such a deal.

“I’m surprised that they came to a settlement very early, but I think it was good strategy on Baldwin’s part not to have as much information be divulged in the civil trial through d...

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