Hollywood Alec Baldwin demands the presence of a policeman in the filming where weapons are used
Shooting Alec Baldwin's 'cursed' assistant and a suspicious gunsmith
The head of lighting for the film 'Rust', S
erge Svetnoy,
filed the first lawsuit against American actor and producer Alec Baldwin and other members of the film's production on Wednesday after the shooting death of cinematographer
Halyna Hutchins
during filming.
At a press conference in
Los Angeles
, Svetnoy, who was also wounded by the bullet that killed Hutchins, said he saw "firsthand that
several weapons were left unattended
, on the ground and unsupervised" throughout from the filming at
Bonanza Creek Ranch
, in Santa Fe (New Mexico, USA).
Because of these conditions on set and the subsequent fatal accident, Svetnoy filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court for negligence against the film's producers, including Baldwin, as well as the assistant director and gun control officer.
In that court document, to which Efe had access, the lighting expert
blamed the weapons officer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed
for accepting a job over and above her experience in a shoot in which "several auxiliary gunsmiths were needed to safely handle "those weapons.
According to the lawsuit, Gutierrez-Reed "negligently allowed" a
Colt .45 caliber revolver
with at least one live bullet to be turned over to Deputy Director
David Halls
, who also failed to properly inspect the weapon and subsequently gave it to Baldwin.
Furthermore, Svetnoy claimed that Baldwin also
"had a duty" to verify "twice"
that the revolver was not loaded with live ammunition before pulling the trigger.
"This duty also required him to handle the Colt revolver as if it were loaded and to refrain from pointing it at anyone," the lawsuit alleges.
At the press conference, Svetnoy said that he is "convinced" that the producers bear much of the blame for allegedly trying to
"save money by hiring insufficient numbers of workers
to safely handle accessories and firearms correctly on set. from 'Rust' ".
"Because the use of firearms and live ammunition in movies represents an inherently dangerous activity, the producers of 'Rust' had a duty to hire trained and experienced people to carefully supervise the use of firearms and ammunition in filming. from the movie, "Svetnoy added in her complaint.
As the official investigations progress, other details have become known, such as that Halls, who gave the gun to Baldwin, was fired from another shoot in 2019 for a similar incident although, fortunately, he did not injure anyone.
Halls acknowledged in October that he
did not check the gun
he handed to Baldwin before rehearsing the scene because he was convinced it contained fake bullets.
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