In April, New Mexico's Occupational Health and Safety Bureau imposed the maximum fine of $137,000 against Rust Movie Productions and distributed a scathing narrative of safety failures, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires of blank ammunition on set prior to the fatal shooting.īaldwin's lawsuit alleges negligence by armorer Hannah Guttierez-Reed prop master Sarah Zachry first assistant director and safety coordinator David Halls, who handed Baldwin the gun ammunition supplier Seth Kenney and his company, PDQ Arm & Prop, which also supplied prop weapons for the production.Īll have previously denied responsibility for the fatal shooting. However, prosecutors are reviewing the shooting to determine whether criminal charges should be filed. New Mexico's Office of the Medical Investigator determined the shooting was an accident.
By these cross-claims, Baldwin seeks to clear his name," the actor's lawsuit says.īaldwin's cross-complaint says he has lost opportunities and been fired from jobs because of the shooting and also "has suffered physically and emotionally from the grief caused by these events."ĪP Randi McGinn, from left, Brian Panish and Jesse Creed, attorneys for the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, take part in a news conference alongside portraits of Hutchins and her family, Feb. "More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy. But a recent FBI forensic report found the weapon could not have fired unless the trigger was pulled. "This tragedy occurred on a movie set - not a gun range, not a battlefield, not a location where even a remote possibility should exist that a gun would contain live ammunition," the lawsuit said.īaldwin has maintained he was told the gun was safe and that he did not pull the trigger. The actor said neither he nor Hutchins knew the weapon contained a live round. The shot fatally wounded Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza in the shoulder. In his cross-complaint, Baldwin says that while working on camera angles with Hutchins during rehearsal for a scene, he pointed the gun in her direction and pulled back and released the hammer of the gun, which discharged. Mitchell sued Baldwin, who was a producer on the film, the production company and many others involved for assault and negligence. Mitchell was standing behind Hutchins, who died shortly after being wounded during setup for a scene in the western movie "Rust" at a film set ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct.
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