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Was Halyna Hutchins Working on a Documentary About Pedophile Rings?
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Was Halyna Hutchins Working on a Documentary About Pedophile Rings?

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Khaya Himmelman
Oct 26, 2021
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(Photograph by Mat Hayward/Getty Images/AMC Networks.)

A viral Facebook post claims that Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was fatally shot by a prop gun on the set of the film Rust on October 21, was “attached to a controversial upcoming documentary about alleged pedophile rings in the entertainment industry.” The claim has also been shared on Instagram. 

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This is a false claim. 

Hutchins was not working on a “controversial” documentary about “Hollywood pedophile rings.” 

The widely shared claim does not come from a reputable news source. 

The false claim originated from an October 24 article from World Grey News. World Grey News describes itself as a “prank news website.” 

The website states that the “​​purpose of this website is fun. It should be used for joking with your friends. We are not responsible for the content. If you are insulted with some content, send us the link on worldgreynews@gmail.com, and the content will be deleted.”

The website also provides readers with the option of creating their own “fake news,” describing the tool as a “fake news generator” which can be used to “create your own joke news articles.”

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Jason Runyan
Jan 28

There is already a documentary about it called An Open Secret. It was quite good. The director pulled away from endorsing it after it was completed because one of the most incendiary claims was proven false in court. But the rest stands up.

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Jason Gibson
Oct 26, 2021

Its astounding that the Alec Baldwin event is being used for political trolling. How naive of me to think that wouldn't happen

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