Alec Baldwin sues the crew for the shooting on the set of «Rust» – Corriere.it

The cause is a response to the one presented last year in Los Angeles by the production designer Mamie Mitchell who accused Baldwin and the rest of the production of provoking them severe emotional trauma because of the shooting. The actor, reaffirming his own strangeness to the tragedy, has now brought the gun officer into question, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed
the first assistant director Dave Halls who put the gun in his hand that day declaring that it was safe, Sarah Zachrywho was in charge of the props and Seth Kenneywhich allegedly provided the film with weapons and ammunition including the offending pistol and bullets.

“This tragedy happened on a movie set – not a firing range, not a battlefield, not a place where one could also exist remote possibility that a gun contains live bullets. This tragedy happened because live ammunition they were delivered to the set and loaded onto a gun, ”Baldwin’s attorney Luke Nikas said. Which he added: “More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin was mistakenly considered the author of this tragedy. With these subpoenas, Baldwin tries to rehabilitate his name“.

The drama on the set It dates back to October 21, 2021 during the making of “Rust”, a low-cost western that Baldwin co-produced as well as interpreter, on a ranch in the New Mexico outside of Santa Fe. The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office recently completed the investigation and the dossier, still today top secretis now in the hands of attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies for the decisions on the case.