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Alec Baldwin filed a cross-complaint on Friday and is looking to “clear his name” after the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” last October.
In the lawsuit, Baldwin accuses three of the crew members and the man who supplied the bullets of negligence.
Baldwin named those four individuals as cross-defendants in a suit filed against him last year. In court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Baldwin claimed he relied on the four individuals to make sure the movie set was safe.
He noted he has felt “immense grief” and faced an “emotional, physical and financial toll.”
Alec Baldwin puts the blame on the tragic “Rust” shooting death on three of the crew members and the ammunition supplier.
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“There can be no doubt that others have suffered from Cross-Defendants’ negligence far more than Baldwin has,” Baldwin’s attorney, Luke Nikas of Quinn Emanuel, wrote in the suit, referencing the death of Hutchins, how Hutchins’ son lost his mother and how director Joel Souza suffered a shoulder injury.
“Though by no means comparable, Baldwin must live with the immense grief, and the resulting emotional, physical, and financial toll, caused by the fact that Cross-Defendants’ negligent conduct, assurances, and supervision put a loaded weapon in his hand and led him, Hutchins, and everyone else on set to believe that his directed use of the weapon was safe,” the suit went on to say.
“More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy. By these Cross-Claims, Baldwin seeks to clear his name and hold Cross-Defendants accountable for their misconduct.”
Baldwin’s cross-complaint puts the blame on Hannah Gutierrez Reed, an armorer on set, David Halls, the first assistant director, Sarah Zachry, the prop master and Seth Kenney, the ammunition supplier.
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