By Alec Baldwin seeks to ‘clear his name’ over ‘Rust’ shooting
Alec Baldwin has hit back, after settling a wrongful death lawsuit with Halyna Hutchins family last month.
Alec Baldwin has filed a complaint of his own against several people over the prop gun shooting that took the cinematographer’s life, during the filming of ‘Rust’.
In a countersuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday, Baldwin’s attorneys allege Hutchins died due to the negligence of defendants Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film’s armorer; assistant director David Halls; props master Sarah Zachry; guns and ammunition supplier Seth Kenney; and Kenney’s business, PDQ Arm and Prop.
Baldwin seeks “to clear his name” of the shooting, in which he has been “wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator.”
The actor, 64, also seeks to hold the defendants “accountable.”
The cross-complaint’s defendants are the same in a suit filed by script supervisor, Mamie Mitchell. Baldwin’s suit seeks a share of any damages that Mitchell may win.
Mitchell sued Baldwin for assault and negligence.
“There can be no doubt that others have suffered from Cross-Defendants’ negligence far more than Baldwin has,” the actor’s the suit reads.
“Baldwin must live with the immense grief, and the resulting emotional, physical, and financial toll, caused by the fact that Cross-Defendants’ negligent conduct, assurances, and supervision put a loaded weapon in his hand and led him, Hutchins, and everyone else on set to believe that his directed use of the weapon was safe.”
The suit blames the tragedy on live bullets that Gutierrez-Reed “failed to check,” and that Halls also “failed to check the gun”.
It also cited Zachary “failed to disclose that Gutierrez-Reed had been acting recklessly off set.”
Baldwin, a producer on the film, claims he played no role in hiring Gutierrez-Reed for “Rust” in the suit.
“Their cavalier disregard for proper separation between live and dummy ammunition.”
The suit also says Baldwin did not bear the responsibility for checking the ammunition in his prop gun and that he’s “lost numerous job opportunities and associated income” as a result of the shooting.
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