Alec Baldwin Film sued over a shooting incident on set that killed cinematographer.
Alec Baldwin and other crew members are being sued by the head electrician on the film set where he accidently shot and killed cameraman Halyna Hutchins last month. A friend of Hutchins, Serge Svetnoy, is accusing him of negligence that caused him "serious emotional suffering." He claims the gunshot just missed him.
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The incident in New Mexico on October 21 is currently being investigated by authorities. There have been no criminal charges filed against anyone.
According to a court filing, Assistant Director Dave Halls admitted to investigators that he forgot to check all the ammunition in the gun before handing it over to Mr Baldwin. Mr Halls reportedly said "cold gun" when he handed it over to the actor, indicating that he thought it was safe. During the shooting of the Western flick Rust, a film director was also hurt.
Mr. Svetnoy filed a civil case in Los Angeles. Nearly two dozen people are named as defendants. Mr Svetnoy, 63, said at a news conference on Wednesday that he had noticed pistols sitting unattended in the mud a few days before the fatal shooting and had warned the persons responsible.
His lawsuit claims that when the gun went off on the day of the incident, he "felt a peculiar and terrifying whoosh of what felt like pressured air." "Discharge materials from the blast" struck him. Mr Svetnoy indicated at the press conference that he had kneeled down to assist Ms Hutchins. Mr. Baldwin, 63, and the other defendants named in the case have yet to comment publicly on the latest developments. Meanwhile, a lawyer representing the movie's armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was in charge of the firearms and ammunition on set, released a statement on Wednesday stating that she had no idea how a live bullet ended up on set. "All of the facts, including the live rounds themselves, how they wound up in the 'dummies' box, and who put them in there," attorney Jason Bowles said.
"We believe this was a sabotage attempt, and Hannah is being falsely accused." Before the cops arrived, we believe the scene had been tampered with as well."
However, Santa Fe county district attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said in an interview on Wednesday that investigators "do not have any proof" of sabotage. "No," she said on ABC's Good Morning America when asked if she felt it was a possibility. When choosing whether to press charges, she continued, the question of how live rounds came on set "would be one of the most critical factors."
