Alec Baldwin & ‘Rust’ Producers Slapped For “Negligent & Reckless Conduct” In Latest Suit From Crew Members; Claim Actor Pulled Trigger On Gun That Killed Halyna Hutchins

deadline.com:

Once again, Alec Baldwin and Rust producers are being taken to court by crew members of the indie Western over the fatal 2021 on-set shooting of cinematographer Haylna Hutchins.

Not only are Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin, and Reese Price suing the actor and the production for negligence, but the trio, all of whom were right there when the 1880s prop gun went off and killed Hutchins, are claiming that Baldwin pulled the trigger – something the involuntary manslaughter charges facing Emmy winner has long denied.  “On October21, 2021, Defendant Alexander R Baldwin Ill fired a Colt 45 revolver towards the crew on the set of the movie Rust, killing the film’s Director of Photography —Halyna Hutchins—and injuring Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin, and Reese Price (“Plaintiffs”),” says a jury seeking complaint filed today in the increasingly busy New Mexico courts by the film crew trio (read it here). “These injuries were caused by Defendants’ failure to follow industry safety rules.

Defendants cut comers; ignored reports of multiple, unscripted firearms discharges; and persisted, rushed and understaffed, to finish the film.” Elsewhere in the filing from Albuquerque’s Virgil Law Firm, it’s claimed that “on his third draw, Defendant Baldwin cocked the hammer of the revolver with the trigger pulled and fired it towards the crew striking Hutchins, and injuring Plaintiffs.” To that end, all three of the plaintiffs reveal exactly where they were in the church set of the Bonanza Creek Ranch when Hutchins was shot: The sound from the live discharge inside the small church was deafening, causing Plaintiffs to suffer blast injuries.