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Well, forget about all the prior reporting… This is the most detailed & chilling account of how things really went down that day. Really disturbing how many people sequentially dropped the ball. Doesn’t even seem possible for that many people to screw up so badly. Absolute recklessness. Imo
Paragraph 47 is significant. Plaintiff asserts that the script did not call for the gun to be pointed directly at the camera. This will be verified (or not) in discovery, when a copy of the script will be subpoenaed and the scriptwriters deposed. Until that time the issue of what the script called for (and implications of that) should be viewed as being technically in dispute, although it would be unusual for an attorney to make such a significant assertion without being confident that it would be backed up in discovery.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed wasn't the only weapons expert working on 'Rust.' Who was the 'armorer mentor'?
The film's producers also had brought in a second gun expert: Seth Kenney, who owns a licensed Lake Havasu City, Ariz., weapons and props rental company. Kenney was added to the "Rust" crew in late September as an "armorer mentor" for Gutierrez Reed, according to an internal "Rust" crew list shared with the Los Angeles Times.
Kenney, 51, suggested Gutierrez Reed for the armorer job, according to a person close to the production who was not authorized to comment.
He also supplied the guns used in "Rust," according to six people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office investigation into last month's deadly shooting in New Mexico.
Two of the knowledgeable people who spoke with The Times said Kenney provided the Colt .45 that Baldwin fired that day.
Chilling is right! The loaded gun passed through the hands of Zachary, Gutierrez-Reed, Halls and Baldwin. Four opportunities to discover and unload the bullet. IMO it's going to be an uphill battle for the defendants.Well, forget about all the prior reporting… This is the most detailed & chilling account of how things really went down that day. Really disturbing how many people sequentially dropped the ball. Doesn’t even seem possible for that many people to screw up so badly. Absolute recklessness. Imo
He probably should not have made that earlier Facebook post if he was going to sue AB. I think it will come back to haunt him.More details from the lawsuit
'Rust' Gaffer Sues Producers, Alec Baldwin After Halyna Hutchins Death
'Rust' crew member files negligence lawsuit over fatal shooting
And there is the first one. I wouldn't be surprised if this litigation goes on for years.
Sabotage seems to be the leading excuse for HGR's lack of safety management. According to her lawyer. Um, okay. And wasn't it she who examined the gun after the shooting, removing the spent casing before police arrived? I'd call that tampering. Did she (or anyone else) remove other items before police arrived?
Sabotage seems to be the leading excuse for HGR's lack of safety management. Um, okay. And wasn't it she who examined the gun after the shooting, removing the spent casing before police arrived? I'd call that tampering. Did she (or anyone else) remove other items before police arrived?
@JaneEyre what did the gaffer post on FB? Can you paraphrase what he said?
Nor to me IMO.More Live Bullets Found On ‘Rust’ Set —But No Evidence Of ‘Sabotage,’ Santa Fe DA Says
Doesn't look like sabotage to LEO.
'Rust' crew member files negligence lawsuit over fatal shooting
And there is the first one. I wouldn't be surprised if this litigation goes on for years.
There's a link to it in this article. I recommend reading the entire thing.Sabotage seems to be the leading excuse for HGR's lack of safety management. According to her lawyer. Um, okay. And wasn't it she who examined the gun after the shooting, removing the spent casing before police arrived? I'd call that tampering. Did she (or anyone else) remove other items before police arrived?
@JaneEyre what did the gaffer post on FB? Can you paraphrase what he said?
I don’t see anything in direct conflict between his early, still-traumatized FB post & the lawsuit claims. Mentioning that AB will have to live with Halyna’s death because others failed to follow procedure does not mean he stated AB played no part in her resulting death. AB didn’t follow the script. He pointed a gun in an off-script direction. He pulled a trigger that was not scripted to fire. He didn’t check the gun himself. Some of these facts probably didn’t become clear until after the investigation began to unfold. Imo, jmo.He probably should not have made that earlier Facebook post if he was going to sue AB. I think it will come back to haunt him.
It will look like (and this may actually be the case) he realized he will have to go after deeper pockets than the two he blamed at first if he wants to get any money out of this. This already raises doubt in my mind as to his reasons for suing AB. It's not a small thing, that initial Facebook post. I'm shocked it's still up.I don’t see anything in direct conflict between his early, still-traumatized FB post & the lawsuit claims. Mentioning that AB will have to live with Halyna’s death because others failed to follow procedure does not mean he stated AB played no part in her resulting death. AB didn’t follow the script. He pointed a gun in an off-script direction. He pulled a trigger that was not scripted to fire. He didn’t check the gun himself. Some of these facts probably didn’t become clear until after the investigation began to unfold. Imo, jmo.
“…and the actor Alec Baldwin, who has been handed a gun on set. He has to live with the thought that he took the life of the human because of unprofessional people.”
It will look like (and this may actually be the case) he realized he will have to go after deeper pockets than the two he blamed at first if he wants to get any money out of this. This already raises doubt in my mind as to his reasons for suing AB. It's not a small thing, that initial Facebook post. I'm shocked it's still up.
Also, what's in the lawsuit is alleged, not established facts. I'm not comfortable accepting anything in a civil lawsuit like this one as fact until we've seen some corroboration.