Halyna Hutchins’ Family Demands Alec Baldwin Testify in Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Calls His TLC Show ‘Shameless’

Following the premiere of the TLC reality series The Baldwins, the parents and sister of the late Halyna Hutchins are criticizing Alec Baldwin.

Gloria Allred and other attorneys for the Rust cinematographer’s mother Olga Solovey, father Anatolii Androsovych and sister Svetlana Zemko filed a notice of deposition in Santa Fe, N.M., on Monday, March 3. In a statement obtained by PEOPLE, they demanded that Baldwin testify on May 9 in the wrongful death civil suit they filed against him in February 2023.

The actor-producer, now 66, was rehearsing for the Western film in October 2021 when a prop gun he was holding accidentally fired, killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. Baldwin, who has maintained that he did not pull the trigger, faced criminal charges in an involuntary manslaughter case that was dismissed with prejudice last July.

“It is long overdue for Alec Baldwin to admit and face the real-life consequences that he caused Halyna’s parents and sister. It is time for him to face reality under oath,” reads the statement, which condemns the TLC series starring Baldwin, his wife Hilaria and their seven children that premiered on Feb. 23.

“Why is he claiming that he has PTSD?” continues the statement, referencing Baldwin addressing the emotional fallout of the Rust incident on The Baldwins. “Is his reality show just a veiled attempt to create sympathy for himself with a future jury pool in our civil case? Is this just a shameless attempt to portray him as the real victim in this case?”

The statement notes that the Emmy winner “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.”

Baldwin’s lawyers did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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Baldwin faces another wrongful death civil lawsuit from Hutchins’ widower Matthew — named an executive producer on the to-be-released film — which has not been fully resolved, despite its October 2022 settlement. Several production crew members have filed suits against Baldwin and Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed (who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last March).

Those suits have stalled in the wake of Baldwin’s criminal case being dismissed after his attorneys argued that prosecutors had buried evidence. Allred reacted to the dismissal in July, saying it “only strengthens our resolve to pursue justice in the civil case that we have filed against him.”

Following his trial, Baldwin filed his own lawsuit against prosecutors, investigators and others, accusing them of “malicious abuse of process” and more, claiming they “sought at every turn to scapegoat Baldwin for the acts and omissions of others, regardless of the evidence or the law.”

In a February 2025 interview with PEOPLE, the 30 Rock star and his wife reflected on how the family is still coming to terms with the tragedy. Filming The Baldwins amid the actor’s trial last summer was “almost like a diary,” said Hilaria, 41, “during a very unsure time of our life. That felt both terrifying and like it could get us through day by day.”