Halyna Hutchins’ family retaliated against Alec Baldwin’s new TLC reality television series on Monday, filing a notice of deposition for the actor demanding he “face the real-life consequences that he caused” and “face reality under oath.”
On Tuesday, Gloria Allred — the attorney for parents Olga Solovey and Anatolii Androsovych and the sister of Halyna Hutchins, Svetlana Zemko — said of the notice that she intends for Baldwin to testify “in person in my New York office, and his testimony will be recorded on video” on May 9. She set the deposition for the Friday before Mothers’ Day 2025 because “Halyna’s mother needs to hear Mr. Baldwin’s explanation under oath about what led to the death of her daughter,” Allred said.
“As though it is not enough that Alec Baldwin killed their daughter, and that he was not held accountable in the criminal case because the case was dismissed with prejudice by the court before the jury could decide if he was guilty or not, now Alec Baldwin has compounded the pain of Halyna’s parents and sister by taking advantage of his increased fame and notoriety by monetizing it in a TLC reality show, where he takes on the role of victim after he shot and killed Halyna Hutchins on the set of ‘Rust,’” Allred said.
The attorney was also critical of the series for reportedly depicting a therapy session with Baldwin in a future episode to address alleged PTSD symptoms following the fatal “Rust” shooting of cinematographer Hutchins.
“Why is he claiming that he has PTSD? Is his reality show just a veiled attempt to create sympathy for himself with a future jury pool in our civil case?” Allred questioned. “Is this just a shameless attempt to portray him as the real victim in this case?”
According to the family’s attorney, Baldwin has still not contacted Hutchins’ sister or parents in the wake of the manslaughter trial. “He never called or tried to contact her parents or sister to say that he was sorry, and to this day he has never taken responsibility for Halyna’s death,” Allred said. “Instead, he entered into a money-making deal with TLC.”
Representatives for Baldwin did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Ahead of the February premiere of “The Baldwins” on TLC, Alec and wife Hilaria Baldwin sat down with People and explained their decision to agree to a docuseries amid a highly publicized manslaughter trial.
“It was an opportunity for us to actually speak. It was a really safe space,” Hilaria Baldwin said. “And I think it was also very cathartic, almost like a diary during a very unsure time of our life. That felt both terrifying and like it could get us through day by day.”
“We did the show because it’s in place of doing a movie or a play. Now I think to myself, ‘Am I going to be away from my kids five nights out of the week until 11 o’clock at night?’” Alec added. “For me, work-related things really aren’t that critical anymore. I thought, ‘I get to spend time with my family.’”
“The Baldwins” premiered Feb. 23 on TLC.
