Script supervisor Mamie Mitchell alleges
Baldwin should have checked the gun himself for live ammunition
rather than relying on the assistant director's assertion that
the Colt .45 revolver was safe to use.
"In our opinion, Mr. Baldwin chose to play Russian Roulette when
he fired a gun without checking it and without having the
armorer do so in his presence," Mitchell's attorney Gloria
Allred told a news conference.
Mitchell, who said she was in the line of fire, alleges assault,
intentional infliction of emotional distress, and deliberate
infliction of harm and is seeking unspecified damages in the
lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
"I relive the shooting and the sound of the explosion from the
gun over and over again," said Mitchell, who made the emergency
call to authorities immediately after the Oct. 21 incident.
The lawsuit, the second to be lodged over the incident, names
Baldwin, the movie's producers, assistant director Dave Halls
and Hannah Gutierrez, the armorer who was in charge of the
weapons used in the movie.
Representatives for Baldwin, the producers, and Halls did not
immediately respond to requests for comment. A lawyer for
Gutierrez said he had yet to see the lawsuit.
Baldwin has said he is heartbroken and is cooperating with the
law enforcement investigation. Production company Rust Movie
Productions is conducting its own probe.
Authorities in New Mexico have said they are investigating how a
live bullet ended up in a gun Baldwin was using as he rehearsed
a scene inside a church on Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe. No
criminal charges have been filed.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed 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.
The lawsuit said the "Rust" script called for three tight camera
shots for the scene - one of Baldwin's eyes, another of a
bloodstain, and a third on Baldwin's torso "as he reached his
hand down to the holster and removed the gun."
Baldwin "intentionally, without just cause or excuse, cocked and
fired the loaded gun even though the upcoming scene did not call
for the cocking and firing of a firearm," the lawsuit asserts.
Allred said she believed Baldwin's behavior on the set was
"reckless" and alleged that other safety protocols had been
flouted or ignored.
Last week, chief electrician Serge Svetnoy filed a negligence
lawsuit https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rust-crew-member-files-negligence-lawsuit-over-fatal-shooting-2021-11-10
against the producers.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant and Lisa Richwine;Editing by Mark
Heinrich and Howard Goller)
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