childrenrust safety coordinator and assistant director david halls pleaded no contest in march to a conviction for unsafe handling of a firearm and a suspended sentence of six months of probationplans to resume filming were outlined last year by the cinematographers widower matthew hutchins in a proposed settlement to a wrongful death lawsuit that would make him an executive producer souza has said he will return to directing rust production to honor the legacy of halyna hutchinsdespite the settlement attorneys for the hutchins family said they welcomed the criminal charges against baldwin when they were filed they had no immediate comment on the pending dismissal thursdayafter a scathing safety review by regulators in new mexico that detailed ignored complaints and misfires before hutchins death in october of 2021 the production company agreed to pay a 100000 finebaldwin had yet to even travel to new mexico for a court appearance and none had been required of him under state law evidentiary hearings had been scheduled for next month to determine whether to proceed toward trialsanta fe district attorney mary carmackaltwies had said previously that her office is pursuing justice in the death of hutchins and wants to show that no one is above the law when it comes to firearms and public safety she says the ukrainianborn cinematographers death was tragic and preventable