Crew Member Files Suit Against Alec Baldwin Over Fatal Shooting
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The chief of lighting for the movie "Rust" sued Alec Baldwin and others following the incident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
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Attorney Gary Dordick, left, makes a gun pointing gesture, alongside his client Serge Svetnoy, chief of lighting on the "Rust" film set.
The chief of lighting on the film set of Rust filed a lawsuit Wednesday over Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the Western, alleging negligence that caused him “severe emotional distress” that will haunt him forever.
Serge Svetnoy said in the suit that the bullet that killed his close friend Hutchins narrowly missed him, and he held her head as she died.
“They should never, ever, have had live rounds on this set,” Svetnoy’s attorney Gary A. Dordick said at a news conference Wednesday.
The lawsuit named nearly two dozen defendants that were associated with the film including Baldwin, who was both the star and producer; David Halls, the assistant director who handed Baldwin the gun; and Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of the weapons on set.
The lawsuit is the first of what could be many from the Oct. 21 shooting, which also injured Rust director Joel Souza.
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