Alec Baldwin filed a countersuit for the «Rust» shooting on Friday, accusing four crew members of negligence for handing him a loaded gun on set.
Alec Baldwin sued the armorer and multiple crew members from “Rust” for negligence after they handed him a loaded gun on set, resulting in the death of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.
The actor went after four crew members — Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, Dave Halls, Sarah Zachry, and Seth Kenney — for failing to maintain safety on set.
“This tragedy happened because live bullets were delivered to the set and loaded into the gun,” Baldwin’s lawyer, Luke Nikas, wrote in the countersuit, according to multiple outlets.
“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,” Nikas continued.
