‘Rust’ Script Supervisor Files Lawsuit Stating Scene Did Not Call For Shooting, Alec Baldwin “Intentionally” Fired Deadly Shot On Film Set
According to lawsuits filed Wednesday by the script supervisor of the film ‘Rust’’, Alec Baldwin “intentionally” shot a gun toward cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set. Reports say Baldwin disregarded the set’s protocol in the fatal shooting.
Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor who filed the lawsuit is suing Baldwin, the movie production corporation, and others for assault, intentional infliction of sentimental distress, and intentional infliction of injury. Mitchell and her attorney, Gloria Allred, are set to confirm the suit during a press release.
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“Alec Baldwin intentionally, without just cause or excuse, cocked and fired a loaded gun even though the upcoming scene to be filmed did not call for the cocking and firing of a firearm,” Mitchell claimed in the lawsuit.
She also revealed every protection procedure designed to guarantee safety with a firearm on set was disobeyed, such as the existence of live bullets being on set, and that “actions that were taken” that day “were against all industry norms.”
In the complaint, Mitchell said Baldwin, “being an industry veteran,” should have known that a prop master or an armorer is the only person who should hand him a gun. Mitchell said the assistant director should not have handed Baldwin the gun, and that the actor should’ve known that he could not rely on the assistant director’s representation that it was a “cold gun.”
“The events that led to the shooting by Mr. Baldwin of a loaded gun constituted intentional acts and/or omission, without any just cause or excuse, on Alec Baldwin’s part or the Producers of ‘Rust,’” the complaint said.
“Mr. Baldwin chose to play Russian Roulette with a loaded gun without checking it and without having the Armorer do so. His behavior and that of the Producers on ‘Rust’ were intentional acts and/or omissions. The fact that live ammunition was allowed on a movie set, that guns and ammunition were left unattended, that the gun in question was handed to Mr. Baldwin by the Assistant director who had no business doing so, the fact that safety bulletins were not promulgated or ignored, coupled with the fact that the scene in question did not call for a gun to be fired at all, makes this a case where injury or death was much more than just a possibility — it was a likely result.”