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In a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court on
Monday, the attorneys said the claim by Mamie Mitchell should be
thrown out because there was no evidence that Baldwin or any of
the producers intended harm. Baldwin was the lead actor and a
producer of the independent film, a Western.
"Despite Plaintiff’s attempt to label claims as intentional,
nothing about Plaintiff’s allegations suggest that any of
Defendants intentionally committed harmful conduct," the filing
said.
Mitchell claimed in a lawsuit filed in November that Baldwin
should have checked the Colt .45 revolver he was holding to make
sure it did not include live ammunition. Baldwin has said the
assistant director told him the gun was "cold," or safe to use
and that he did not pull the trigger Mitchell, who said she was
in the line of fire, alleges assault, intentional infliction of
emotional distress, and deliberate infliction of harm and is
seeking unspecified damages in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles
Superior Court.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel
Souza was wounded when the gun discharged as Baldwin was
rehearing on the New Mexico film set.
Mitchell, who said she was in the line of fire, alleges assault,
intentional infliction of emotional distress, and deliberate
infliction of harm, and is seeking unspecified damages in the
lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Gloria Allred, Mitchell's attorney, said on Tuesday that the
claim should be allowed to proceed.
The producers are "trying to avoid explaining their conduct
before a judge and a jury in a court of law," she said in a
statement.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Editing by Bill
Berkrot)
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