Alec Baldwin shares post from ‘Rust’ crew staff claiming they were not overworked

Actor Alec Baldwin accidentally fired a loaded weapon on the set of his movie ‘Rust’ on October 21, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. As stories about safety on the ‘Rust’ set continue to swirl, costume designer Terese Magpale Davis is speaking out in support of the producers.

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In several screenshots of Davis’ lengthy statement shared by Alec Baldwin on Instagram Tuesday, she claimed that there were stringent safety protocols in place, and while other crew members have described “red flags” on set, she alleged that working conditions were safe, reports people.com.

“The story being spun of us being overworked and surrounded by unsafe, chaotic conditions is bulls—,” Davis wrote in part, according to the screenshots.

“The day Halyna died we had come off a 12 hour turnaround after an 11 hour shoot day. We had (including camera) gotten off by 6:30 pm. We had just had a 56 hour weekend right before that. No one was too tired to do their jobs,” she wrote, claiming that “this is all provable by daily time sheets.”

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Later in the post, she said that crew had “several safety meetings. Sometimes multiple per day.”

“Our AD never seemed flippant about safety. He may have in other shows, but he wasn’t like that on ours,” Davis continued, referring to assistant director David Halls, who was reportedly terminated from a previous film after a situation involving a firearm injured a crew member.

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Halls, who was the one to hand Baldwin the loaded gun, admitted to authorities that there was a lapse in gun safety protocol on set leading up to the incident, according to a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office search warrant obtained by the New York Post.