A member of the film crew “Rust“filed a lawsuit against the American actor Alec Baldwin for the shooting on set that resulted in the death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last month, lawyers reported Wednesday.
The malpractice lawsuit also names the gunsmith Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, who affirmed through her legal representatives that she was being “incriminated” for the death of Hutchins.
The film’s chief lighting technician, Serge Svetnoy, states in the lawsuit that the incident “was caused by negligent acts and omissions” by the lead actor and producer, Baldwin, and others.
“There was no reason to put a real bullet in that Colt .45 revolver or for it to be anywhere on the set of”Rust“And the presence of a bullet in a revolver posed a lethal threat to everyone around,” says the lawsuit, filed in a Los Angeles court.
Svetnoy alleges that Baldwin, the film’s deputy director, Dave Halls, and Gutierrez-Reed they did not follow the film industry’s practices on handling weapons and “allowed a revolver loaded with live ammunition to be aimed at live persons.”
The director of photography Hutchins died while Baldwin he was rehearsing a scene from the western set in the 19th century in which he fired a gun at the camera.
As the gunsmith in the film, Gutiérrez-Reed, 24, was responsible for the firearms and ammunition. In a statement issued Wednesday, her lawyers insisted again that she did not know why there were live bullets on set.
“We are asking for a full investigation of all the facts, including the live bullets, how they ended up in the blank box and who put them there,” said attorney Jason Bowles.
“We are convinced that this was sabotage … We believe that the scene was also tampered with before the police arrived.”
The district attorney of the Santa Fe County, Mary Carmack-Altwies, in an interview broadcast Wednesday, rejected the idea of a conspiracy. “We don’t have any proof,” he admitted to ABC News.
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