Alec Baldwin files cross-complaint in fatal filmset shooting
- The actor has filed a lawsuit against four people involved in the film Rust, saying they were negligent in providing him with a gun that discharged
- The death in October 2021 of the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins sent shock waves through Hollywood and gave rise to a series of civil suits
American actor Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit against four people involved in the Western film Rust, saying they were negligent in providing him with a gun that discharged, killing the film’s cinematographer.
The death on October 21, 2021 of Halyna Hutchins sent shock waves through Hollywood and gave rise to a series of civil suits.
Baldwin, 64, is suing the film’s armourer and props assistant, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed; assistant director David Halls; props master Sarah Zachry; and Seth Kenney, who supplied guns and ammunition to the film set, according to a filing on Friday in a Los Angeles court.
Baldwin’s complaint follows a suit filed against him and others on the set last year by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell over their alleged role in the shooting that caused her great emotional distress.
In his suit, Baldwin accuses Gutierrez-Reed of failing to verify that a Colt revolver he was using in rehearsal was safe. The suit also states that Halls failed to check the weapon before he declared it safe and handed it to Baldwin, and that Zachry failed to ensure that weapons used on the New Mexico set were safe.