The head electrician on the production of Alec Baldwin’s Rust is suing for the emotional distress he felt after holding Halyna Hutchins as she died. Perhaps of equal importance, Serge Svetnoy is alleging that Alec Baldwin was not even supposed to pull the trigger at all in the scene. This now calls into further question why Baldwin not only pointed a gun at unprotected human beings, but then why in the world he pulled the trigger?
News in the Alec Baldwin shooting: Lawsuit filed today by 'Rust' gaffer, Serge Svetnoy, who was nearly hit by the bullet that killed Halyna Hutchins. Suit (probably the first of many) claims negligence by producers. @AmyKinLA @sherlyholmes https://t.co/FdBgsNCueV
— Meg James (@MegJamesLAT) November 10, 2021
The lawsuit furthermore alleges gross negligence on the set of Rust, and directly blames Alec Baldwin for not checking the gun prior to its use.
“This duty called for Defendant Baldwin to double-check the Colt Revolver with Halls upon being handled to ensure that it did not contain live ammonization.” — Serge Svetnoy in Court Documents
TMZ via the Daily Mail is reporting that the production of Rust was in severe safety violations and broke “industry norms, declining requests for weapons training days, failing to allow proper time to allow for gunfire, failing to send out safety bulletins and spreading the staff too thin.”
Finally the lawsuit does refer to the “target practice” that was reportedly taking place on the set, corroborating the craziness that had been previously hard to believe. Svetnoy calls the target practice “ridiculous” in the lawsuit. It’s hard to think which is worse, doing live target practice on a movie set with the “prop” (real) guns, or pulling the trigger on a “prop” (real) gun when it isn’t even called for and human beings are in front of the firearm.
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