‘Rust’ Film Crew Member Sues Actor Baldwin, Others Over Fatal Shooting
The chief lighting technician for the movie “Rust” is
suing actor Alec Baldwin and others involved with the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza on the film set for negligence that caused emotional distress.
Baldwin, assistant director Dave Hall, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust Movie Productions LLC and others are listed as defendants in the suit and are accused of negligence that caused emotional distress to chief lighting technician
Serge Svetnoy as a result of the shooting.
Svetnoy was present during the shooting, which left Hutchins dead and Souza seriously wounded by a live round accidentally fired by Baldwin, and held Hutchins as she succumbed to the gunshot wound, the court filing said.
Svetnoy is seeking
compensatory, general, special, exemplary and punitive damages against the defendants and is demanding a trial by jury, the court filing said.
