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 Serge Svetnoy, the chief
electrician on the set in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
accused the producers and others of failing to
implement safety standards and of allowing "a
revolver loaded with live ammunition to be
pointed at living persons on the Rust set,"
according to the civil lawsuit filed in Los
Angeles.
Svetnoy's lawsuit was thought to be the first
filed in the accidental fatal shooting by
Baldwin in October. Authorities in Santa Fe are
still investigating and no criminal charges have
been brought against anyone.
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was killed on Oct. 21, and director Joel Souza
was wounded when a gun Baldwin had been told was
safe fired off a live bullet, investigators have
said. Other live rounds have also been found on
the set.
"Film making is a wonderful art but no one
should ever die for other people to be
entertained," Svetnoy's attorney, Gary Dordick,
told a news conference.
"They should never, never have had live rounds
on this set," Dordick added.
Svetnoy was one of a handful of people on set
when the fatal shooting occurred. He said in the
lawsuit that he held Hutchins in his arms as she
bled from being shot in the chest, adding that
it would "haunt him forever."
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 The lawsuit also names armorer
Hannah Gutierrez, who was in charge of weapons,
and assistant director Dave Halls, who told
investigators it was he who handed Baldwin the
gun during a rehearsal.
Representatives for Baldwin, who was also one of
the producers, Halls, Gutierrez and the other
producers did not immediately return requests
for comment on Wednesday. The producers have
previously said they are conducting their own
internal investigation and were not made aware
of any complaints concerning weapons safety on
the set before the incident.
Dordick said Svetnoy, who is seeking unspecified
damages, was not looking to make money from the
lawsuit but to ensure better working and safety
conditions on movie sets going forward.
"Mr Svetnov is not motivated by money ... This
lawsuit is to make these kind of unsafe
conditions that happen too much on movie sets
stop now," Dordick said.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant in Los
AngelesEditing by Matthew Lewis)
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