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Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit over last year’s fatal shooting on the set of « Rust, » alleging negligence of several of the film’s crew members while seeking to « clear his name. »
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, names the Western’s first assistant director, armorer, ammunitions supplier and prop master as defendants.
Baldwin’s cross-complaint follows a lawsuit filed last year by the film’s script supervisor, Mamie Mitchell. The civil suit accused Baldwin of « playing Russian roulette » by pointing a Colt .45 revolver at the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, accidentally shooting and killing her. Director Joel Souza was also injured in the October 2021 shooting.
« More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy, » an attorney for Alec Baldwin, Luke Nikas of Quinn Emanuel, said in the complaint. « By these cross-claims, Baldwin seeks to clear his name and hold cross-defendants accountable for their misconduct. »
Hutchins was killed by a live round inside the gun, authorities said. Questions have surrounded how live ammunition made it onto the New Mexico set and into the prop gun and whether proper safety precautions were taken by crew members.
Those named in Baldwin’s lawsuit have denied any culpability amid an investigation into the shooting and other lawsuits.
