And so the floodgates open. There’s a new report that says Alec Baldwin just got slapped with a lawsuit by “Rust” gaffer Serge Svetnoy for negligence.
The chief electrician on the set of the film claims the bullet that struck both Hutchins and Souza nearly hit him too, additionally alleging that he was the one who tried to comfort the cinematographer and keep her conscious after she was hit. Here’s what you need to know.
Alec Baldwin Gets Hit With His First Lawsuit After On Set “Rust” Tragedy
Halyna Hutchins, 42, died after she was shot by Baldwin and later died from her injuries at a nearby hospital. But this weekend Alec was spotted leaving a Sante Fe, New Mexico hotel with Halyna’s husband Matthew Hutchins and their son, Andros. This comes after reports said that Alec was “hysterical and absolutely inconsolable for hours” after he killed Haylna.
In his lawsuit, Svetnoy says that he included Baldwin in his suit because the actor and producer “owed a duty to the Plaintiff and other crew members and actors on the Rust set to handle the Colt Revolver provided to him by defendant Halls with reasonable care and diligence for the safety of Rust cast and crew.”
“This duty called for Defendant Baldwin to double-check the Colt Revolver with Halls upon being handled to ensure that it did not contain live ammunition,” the docs read. “This duty further called for him [Baldwin] to handle the Colt Revolver as if it was loaded and to refrain from pointing it at anyone.”
In a Facebook post from last month, Sventoy accused the film’s producers of both “negligence an unprofessionalism.” He also said that he was “standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Halyna during this fatal shot that took her life.”
“I was holding her in my arms while she was dying. Her blood was on my hands,” Svetnoy wrote. “I want to tell my opinion on why this has happened. I think I have the right to do it. It’s the fault of negligence and unprofessionalism.”
So far Alec Baldwin himself has not made any comments about the lawsuit.
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