Alec Baldwin Sues ‘Rust’ Crew Over Fatal Shooting, Accuses Them of Negligence

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alec baldwin has filed a lawsuit against the on-set gunsmith and several others Oxide crew members involved in the fatal Halyna Hutchins shooting on October 21, 2021. According to documents obtained by hollywoodlifeAlec named on the armor set Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, first ad dave Halls, property master sarah zachryand weapons supplier seth kenney in the lawsuit, accusing them of negligence. According to the complaint, each of them allegedly participated in giving the star a loaded gun on set that would ultimately shoot and kill the up-and-coming cinematographer.

“This tragedy occurred because live bullets were sent to the set and loaded into the gun, Gutierrez-Reed did not check the bullets or the gun carefully, Halls did not check the gun carefully, and yet he announced that the gun was safe before handing it over to Baldwin. , and Zachry failed to disclose that Gutierrez-Reed had been acting recklessly off set and was a safety risk to those around her,” Alec’s attorney said. luke nick he wrote in the “cross-complaint” documents filed on Friday, Nov. 11. hollywoodlife reached out to Baldwin’s representative and attorneys, but had yet to receive a response at the time of publication.

The complaint also alleges that Alec, who settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Halyna’s family in October, has seen his career drastically affected since the incident. “Baldwin has also lost numerous job opportunities and associated income,” it read in part. “For example, he has been fired from various jobs expressly because of the incident in Oxide and has been overlooked for other opportunities, which is a direct result of the negligence of cross-defendants Gutierrez-Reed, Halls, Kenney, PDQ and Zachry.” Specifically, Alec hopes to “clear his name” from him in the matter and implicate crew members in “misconduct” that ended one person’s life.

`The incident on the set in New Mexico, in which Halyna, 42, died and the director joel soza, 49, injured, shocked the entertainment industry and sparked a wave of concern about safety conditions on film sets. On October 21, the 30 rock The star took to Twitter to post a memorial tribute to Halyna. “A year ago today…” she captioned a powerful photo (which you can see here) of Halyna behind the camera.

“I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attributing blame (to the producers or to Mr. Baldwin),” Halyna’s husband said in a statement to The Associated Press. Term in October. “All of us believe that Halyna’s death was a terrible accident.”