New developments are coming from the ‘Rust’ movie set shooting. Actor Alec Baldwin is now suing the ‘Rust’ armorer and crew for giving him a loaded gun. The lawsuit is a cross-complaint following a suit filed by Rust’s script supervisor Mamie Mitchell last year. Baldwin’s case alleges that Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, assistant director Dave Halls, prop supervisor Sarah Zachary, and Seth Kenney, owner of PDQ Arm and Prop, were the ones negligent for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Baldwin’s lawsuit centers around the fact that Live bullets were loaded into his prop gun without him knowing. It alleges that Baldwin played no role in the hiring of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. The suit goes on to claim that Albuquerque-based PDQ Arm and Prop, the company in which Gutierrez-Reed received her ammo from, was in disarray when a search warrant was executed, and live ammo and dummy rounds were stored haphazardly. It states that Kenney as a movie prop dealer, should not have had live ammo in his prop shop in the first place. This is also the first-time findings from the FBI’s report have been laid out in a lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges the FBI analyzed a substantial amount of live ammunition on set. Some of that ammo was even on the bandolier Alec Baldwin was wearing. It also says FBI analysis confirms Gutierrez-Reed’s fingerprints were found on a box of ammo containing all live rounds, and that Baldwin’s gun was in poor condition, and because of this was prone to misfiring. In addition, the lawsuit shows an email in which a crew member reports Gutierrez-Reed was taking prop guns and shooting them in her spare time on set. KOAT legal expert John Day says it’s unclear if Baldwin is seeking money in the case, but he is likely trying to clear his name as we are still awaiting criminal charges. “We haven’t heard anything yet from the district attorney about whether the Santa Fe DA was planning on charging anyone. But certainly, there have been indications that people might get criminally charged, but we don’t know any details yet. This is a civil law suit. It wouldn’t have any effect on any criminal charges,” Day said. The lawsuit concludes by saying Baldwin has suffered emotionally from the incident and has been passed over for other opportunities in the entertainment industry because he is tied to the tragic shooting and viewed as responsible. We reached out to Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney, Jason Bowles, in a statement he said, “This guy pulled the trigger and shot Halyna. He is solely at fault, and he rejected training.”
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New developments are coming from the ‘Rust’ movie set shooting. Actor Alec Baldwin is now suing the ‘Rust’ armorer and crew for giving him a loaded gun.
The lawsuit is a cross-complaint following a suit filed by Rust’s script supervisor Mamie Mitchell last year.
Baldwin’s case alleges that Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, assistant director Dave Halls, prop supervisor Sarah Zachary, and Seth Kenney, owner of PDQ Arm and Prop, were the ones negligent for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
Baldwin’s lawsuit centers around the fact that live bullets were loaded into his prop gun without him knowing.
It alleges that Baldwin played no role in the hiring of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
The suit goes on to claim that Albuquerque-based PDQ Arm and Prop, the company in which Gutierrez-Reed received her ammo from, was in disarray when a search warrant was executed, and live ammo and dummy rounds were stored haphazardly.
It states that Kenney as a movie prop dealer, should not have had live ammo in his prop shop in the first place.
This is also the first-time findings from the FBI’s report have been laid out in a lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the FBI analyzed a substantial amount of live ammunition on set. Some of that ammo was even on the bandolier Alec Baldwin was wearing.
It also says FBI analysis confirms Gutierrez-Reed’s fingerprints were found on a box of ammo containing all live rounds, and that Baldwin’s gun was in poor condition, and because of this was prone to misfiring.
In addition, the lawsuit shows an email in which a crew member reports Gutierrez-Reed was taking prop guns and shooting them in her spare time on set.
KOAT legal expert John Day says it’s unclear if Baldwin is seeking money in the case, but he is likely trying to clear his name as we are still awaiting criminal charges.
“We haven’t heard anything yet from the district attorney about whether the Santa Fe DA was planning on charging anyone. But certainly, there have been indications that people might get criminally charged, but we don’t know any details yet. This is a civil law suit. It wouldn’t have any effect on any criminal charges,” Day said.
The lawsuit concludes by saying Baldwin has suffered emotionally from the incident and has been passed over for other opportunities in the entertainment industry because he is tied to the tragic shooting and viewed as responsible.
We reached out to Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney, Jason Bowles, in a statement he said, “This guy pulled the trigger and shot Halyna. He is solely at fault, and he rejected training.”
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