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Fatal shooting: Alec Baldwin gets sued by 'Rust' crew member

Fatal shooting: Alec Baldwin gets sued by 'Rust' crew member
Written by Shreya Mukherjee
Nov 11, 2021, 06:50 pm 2 min read
Fatal shooting: Alec Baldwin gets sued by 'Rust' crew member
Alec Baldwin and others have now been sued in the 'Rust' shooting incident

A crew member on the sets of Rust, where actor/producer Alec Baldwin accidentally fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October, is suing Baldwin and others on grounds of negligence. Serge Svetnoy, who was the chief of lighting, said he was standing near Hutchins at the time of the shooting and that he narrowly missed being hit. This is the first lawsuit in the matter.

Takeaways
Cinematographer Hutchins died because of the shooting last month

Late October, the Saturday Night Live star misfired a prop gun while shooting the Western movie in New Mexico. The shot, which fatally injured Hutchins (42), also wounded the director-writer Joel Souza. Court documents later showed an assistant director had called "cold gun" before handing the gun over to Baldwin. Allegations of unsafe working conditions have emerged repeatedly, with Baldwin dismissing them on Instagram.

Suit
Baldwin, armorer, co-producers accused of mishandling firearms, disregarding safety protocols

Now, Svetnoy's civil lawsuit that names nearly two dozen defendants claims that he was struck by "discharge materials from the blast" and also suffered emotionally. "They [Baldwin, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, and other producers] knew that their conduct created a substantial risk of significant harm and risk of death, yet acted and continued to act in willful, wanton, reckless [manner]," the 63-year-old's suit read.

Claims
No idea how live rounds came on set: Armorer

Svetnoy also addressed a press conference, noting he doesn't blame any one person for the incident but "every person should do their job and take full responsibility for it." In an Instagram post earlier, the chief electrician had claimed they did not have professionals handling the firearms. Notably, Gutierrez Reed has stated she had no idea how live rounds got into the prop guns.

Recent
No arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation

The armorer's attorney has now said she was being "framed" in the case. Separately, Baldwin had temporarily shifted to Vermont with his wife Hilaria and kids after the incident. The couple also did an impromptu press conference recently where the actor called the accident "a one in a trillion event." The investigation into the incident is still underway and no arrests have been made.

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Shreya Mukherjee covers entertainment news for NewsBytes. She has previously worked with The New Indian Express as a sub-editor where she also contributed lifestyle and feature articles. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Calcutta and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi.
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