THE VITAL EVIDENCE THE FAMILY CLAIMS WAS LOST. BUT FIRST, NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT COMING FROM THE REST MOVIE SET SHOOTING. ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN NOW SUING THE RUST ARMORER AND CREW FOR GIVING HIM A LOADED GUN. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER JOHN CARDINAL HAS BEEN DIGGING THROUGH THE LAWSUIT WE JUST RECEIVED HOURS AGO. JOHN, WHAT’S BALDWIN ARGUING WITH US? WELL, SHELLY, THE LAWSUIT IS ACROSS COMPLAINT FOLLOWING A SUIT FILED BY RUST SCRIPT SUPERVISOR MANDY MITCHELL LAST YEAR. BALDWIN’S CASE ALLEGES THAT RUST ARMER HANNAH GUTIERREZ READ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DAVE HALL’S PROP SUPERVISOR, SARAH ZACHARY AND SETH CANNY, OWNER OF Q ARM AND PROP, WERE THE ONES NEGLIGENT FOR THE DEATH OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALINA HUTCHINS. BALDWIN’S LAWSUIT CENTERS AROUND THE FACT THAT WHY BULLETS WERE LOADED INTO HIS PROP GUN WITHOUT. HIM KNOWING. IT ALLEGES THAT BALDWIN PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE HIRING OF HANNAH GUTIERREZ AS REED. THE SUIT GOES ON TO CLAIM THAT ALBUQUERQUE BASED P.T. Q ARMOND PROP THE COMPANY IN WHICH GUTIERREZ REED RECEIVED HER AMMO FROM, WAS IN DISARRAY WHEN A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED, LOOTED AND LIVE AMMO AND DUMMY ROUNDS WERE STORED HAPHAZARDLY AS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOS. IT STATES THAT SETH 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 ANALYZES THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF LIVE AMMUNITION ON SET AND SOME OF THAT AMMO WAS EVEN ON THE BANDOLIER. ALEC BALDWIN WAS WEARING, AS SHOWN IN THESE IMAGES. IT ALSO SAYS FBI ANALYSIS CONFIRMS GUTIERREZ REID’S FINGERPRINTS WERE FOUND ON A BOX OF AMMO CONTAINING ALL LIVE ROUNDS AND THAT ALEC BALDWIN’S GUN WAS IN POOR CONDITION AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WAS PRONE TO MISFIRE. IN ADDITION, THE LAWSUIT SHOWS THIS EMAIL ON WHICH A CREW MEMBER REPORTS GUTIERREZ REID WAS TAKING PROP GUNS AND SHOOTING THEM IN HER SPARE TIME ON SET. KOAT LEGAL EXPERT JOHN DAVIS SAYS IT’S UNCLEAR. 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 OR NOT THE SANTA FE 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 LAWSUIT. IT WOULDN’T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ANY CRIMINAL CHARGES. THE LAWSUIT CONCLUDES BY SAYING BALDWIN HAS SUFFERED EMOTIONALLY FROM THE INCIDENT AND HAS BEEN PASSED OVER FOR OTHER OPPORTUNE DUTIES IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. BECAUSE HE’S TIED TO THE TRAGIC SHOOTING AND VIEWED AS RESPONSIBLE. I’M JOHN CARDINAL LEE REPORTING KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. JOHN, THANK YOU. WE REACHED OUT TO HANNAH GUTIERREZ, REID’S ATTORNEY, AND IN A STATEMENT HE SAID THIS GUY PULLED THE TRIGGER AND SHOT HELENA. HE
Actor Alec Baldwin alleges wrongdoing against 'Rust' film crew members in lawsuit
Updated: 6:29 AM EST Nov 12, 2022
Actor Alec Baldwin on Friday filed a lawsuit in California against several individuals associated with the "Rust" film, according to a cross-complaint obtained by CNN.Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by the actor last October during a rehearsal for a scene for the movie, which was being filmed near Santa Fe, New Mexico.The lawsuit is the first legal action in which Baldwin alleges wrongdoing against someone in relation to the shooting.Baldwin, who is listed as a defendant in a 2021 lawsuit by a "Rust" script supervisor, filed the cross-complaint against the production's armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, assistant director David Halls, armorer assistant Seth Kenney, the prop weapon and ammunition supply store company Kenney owns, and prop master Sarah Zachry."More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy. By these Cross-Claims, Baldwin seeks to clear his name and hold Cross-Defendants accountable for their misconduct," the cross-complaint says."This tragedy happened because live bullets were delivered to the set and loaded into the gun, Gutierrez Reed failed to check the bullets or the gun carefully, Halls failed to check the gun carefully and yet announced the gun was safe before handing it to Baldwin, and Zachry failed to disclose that Gutierrez Reed had been acting recklessly off set and was a safety risk to those around her," the complaint alleges, adding Baldwin was unaware of those facts, but the cross-defendants knew."These Cross Defendants are professionals who owed a duty to those on set, including Baldwin, to keep the set safe. Everyone on set, including Baldwin, expected and trusted them to do so. Hutchins never would have instructed Baldwin to point the gun in her direction and pull back the hammer if she thought the slightest possibility existed that it was loaded; Baldwin, who shared the same state of mind as Hutchins in that critical moment, wouldn't have done so under such conditions," the lawsuit claims.Baldwin is seeking "compensatory, nominal, statutory, and punitive damages" through a jury trial, litigation-related expenses, and other relief to be determined by the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the cross-complaint says.In an August 2022 interview with CNN, Baldwin placed responsibility for the film set tragedy on Gutierrez Reed and Halls, who handed him the gun.Jason Bowles, attorney for Gutierrez Reed, told CNN on Friday: "He was the one who shot Halyna, and it's his fault, no one else's."Asked in August for comment, Halls' attorney accused Baldwin of deflecting blame onto others.Kenney's attorneys have previously denied responsibility in the shooting.CNN reached out Friday to attorneys representing Halls and Kenney for comment on the lawsuit. CNN is seeking contact details for Zachary's attorney.
Actor Alec Baldwin on Friday filed a lawsuit in California against several individuals associated with the "Rust" film, according to a cross-complaint obtained by CNN.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by the actor last October during a rehearsal for a scene for the movie, which was being filmed near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The lawsuit is the first legal action in which Baldwin alleges wrongdoing against someone in relation to the shooting.
Baldwin, who is listed as a defendant in a 2021 lawsuit by a "Rust" script supervisor, filed the cross-complaint against the production's armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, assistant director David Halls, armorer assistant Seth Kenney, the prop weapon and ammunition supply store company Kenney owns, and prop master Sarah Zachry.
"More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy. By these Cross-Claims, Baldwin seeks to clear his name and hold Cross-Defendants accountable for their misconduct," the cross-complaint says.
"This tragedy happened because live bullets were delivered to the set and loaded into the gun, Gutierrez Reed failed to check the bullets or the gun carefully, Halls failed to check the gun carefully and yet announced the gun was safe before handing it to Baldwin, and Zachry failed to disclose that Gutierrez Reed had been acting recklessly off set and was a safety risk to those around her," the complaint alleges, adding Baldwin was unaware of those facts, but the cross-defendants knew.
"These Cross Defendants are professionals who owed a duty to those on set, including Baldwin, to keep the set safe. Everyone on set, including Baldwin, expected and trusted them to do so. Hutchins never would have instructed Baldwin to point the gun in her direction and pull back the hammer if she thought the slightest possibility existed that it was loaded; Baldwin, who shared the same state of mind as Hutchins in that critical moment, wouldn't have done so under such conditions," the lawsuit claims.
Baldwin is seeking "compensatory, nominal, statutory, and punitive damages" through a jury trial, litigation-related expenses, and other relief to be determined by the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the cross-complaint says.
In an August 2022 interview with CNN, Baldwin placed responsibility for the film set tragedy on Gutierrez Reed and Halls, who handed him the gun.
Jason Bowles, attorney for Gutierrez Reed, told CNN on Friday: "He was the one who shot Halyna, and it's his fault, no one else's."
Asked in August for comment, Halls' attorney accused Baldwin of deflecting blame onto others.
Kenney's attorneys have previously denied responsibility in the shooting.
CNN reached out Friday to attorneys representing Halls and Kenney for comment on the lawsuit. CNN is seeking contact details for Zachary's attorney.
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