Three crew members who say they had been on the scene when Alec Baldwin shot Halyna Hutchins have simply filed a brand new lawsuit … claiming it was a tragedy ready to occur.
Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin and Reese Value — who say they had been the dolly operator, set costumer and key grip on “Rust,” respectively — are suing Alec and the “Rust” manufacturing at giant … claiming they had been 3 of seven folks within the church set the day the taking pictures occurred.
Within the docs, obtained by TMZ, the plaintiffs say there have been numerous security protocols that had been neglected from the highest down by way of the whole shoot … which they insist led as much as the killing, and which they allege rocked them to their core — emotionally and in any other case.
As an example, the three crew members place lots of the blame on what they declare was the producers’ choice to make use of “operable firearms” throughout 17 of the 21 scheduled movie days … regardless of the choice to make use of alternate options like replicas, rubber prop weapons, or particular results. Additionally they level out many alleged security shortcuts on set … like not correctly investigating earlier unintended discharges that they are saying occurred previous to that fateful day.
Not simply that, however the crew members say Alec and others screwed the pooch with the hiring of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, regardless that they are saying she “lacked important expertise.”
The lawsuit additionally alleges Dave Halls reduce corners when it got here to security protocols. And but, they are saying Alec plowed forward with them anyway … all of which led to the loss of life of Hutchins in 2021.
Talking of the incident … the plaintiffs describe it right here too. They declare Gutierrez-Reed instructed Halls that she hadn’t had an opportunity to examine the gun earlier than handing it off to him and that Halls took it and instructed AB it was “chilly,” with out checking. Ditto for Alec, they are saying.
When Halyna and director, Joel Souza had been hit by the bullet throughout a tech rehearsal — the crew members allege they had been pressured to spring into motion and help, which they are saying haunts them to today and has left them traumatized. Now, they’re suing for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional misery … and asking for unspecified damages.
