Alec Baldwin sues the crew of “Rust” for fatal shooting, accusing them of negligence

Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit against the on-set gunsmith and several others Oxide crew members involved in the fatal accident halyna hutchins resumed on October 21, 2021. According to documents obtained from hollywood lifeAlec called on the gunsmith set Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, first announcement Dave Hall, property owner sara zachriand arms supplier Seth Kenney in the process, accusing them of negligence. According to the complaint, each of them helped give the star a loaded gun on set that would ultimately shoot and kill the up-and-coming cinematographer.

“This tragedy occurred because live bullets were shipped to the set and loaded into the gun, Gutierrez-Reed failed to carefully check the bullets or the gun, Halls failed to carefully check the gun, yet announced that the gun was secure before handing it to Baldwin, and Zachry did not disclose that Gutierrez-Reed was acting recklessly off set and was a safety risk to those around him,” Alec’s attorney said. Luke Nicas he wrote in the “cross-complaint” documents filed on Friday Nov. 11. hollywood life reached out to Baldwin’s rep and attorneys, but had not yet received a response as of press time.

The complaint also alleges that Alec, who settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Halyna’s family in October, saw his career drastically affected by the incident. “Baldwin has also lost numerous business opportunities and associated income,” he says in part. “For example, he was fired from several jobs specifically for the incident in Oxide and was overlooked for other opportunities, which is a direct result of the negligence of Defendants Crusader Gutierrez-Reed, Halls, Kenney, PDQ and Zachry. Specifically, Alec hopes to “clear his name” in the matter and engage crew members in “misconduct” that ended a person’s life.

«The accident on the set in New Mexico that saw Halyna, 42, dead and the director Joel SozzaThe injured, 49, has rocked the entertainment industry and sparked a wave of concern about safety conditions on film sets. On October 21 the 30 rock The star took to Twitter to post a memorial tribute to Halyna. “A year ago today…” she captioned a powerful photo (which you can see here) of Halyna behind the camera.

“I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or apportioning blame (on the producers or Mr. Baldwin),” Halyna’s husband said in a statement to Deadline in October. “We all believe Halyna’s death was a terrible accident.”